96 km
The day startet with a very light rain, nothing for rainwear on a bike. After a short downhill into the Ouysse valley beneath Rocamadour I had a nice climb at they opposite valley side with nice views to the historical town.
As I passed the next village Couzou the rain become strong and after a short pause in the dry toilet building I took my rain clothes and had to wear them for the next 5 hours. The track came through the pilgrim villages Carlucet and Montfaucon. From la Bastide on there was a slight ascend through the Vers valley until I reached the river Lot. Because the road to Cahors on north bank has heavy traffic, the cycle track takes the south bank, or better the high bank, because the track climbs about 60m. In the valley is an disused railway. It would be nice if that could be converted in a cycle path.
Cahors was overcrowded by tourists, maybe because at the time I rode through it, the sun was shining for an hour or so.
I had seen Cahors earlier, so I did not stay long there and continued the cycle track to the south.
The last kilometers before the day target it started to rain again. From the main street of Castelnau there was no sign to the camping, but as I arrived at the place, marked on my GPS, I was lucky
Some later on the camping a Spanish cyclist arrived. He spoke German and was on the return trip from his tour from Madrid to Luxembourg.
Paul
The day startet with a very light rain, nothing for rainwear on a bike. After a short downhill into the Ouysse valley beneath Rocamadour I had a nice climb at they opposite valley side with nice views to the historical town.
As I passed the next village Couzou the rain become strong and after a short pause in the dry toilet building I took my rain clothes and had to wear them for the next 5 hours. The track came through the pilgrim villages Carlucet and Montfaucon. From la Bastide on there was a slight ascend through the Vers valley until I reached the river Lot. Because the road to Cahors on north bank has heavy traffic, the cycle track takes the south bank, or better the high bank, because the track climbs about 60m. In the valley is an disused railway. It would be nice if that could be converted in a cycle path.
Cahors was overcrowded by tourists, maybe because at the time I rode through it, the sun was shining for an hour or so.
I had seen Cahors earlier, so I did not stay long there and continued the cycle track to the south.
The last kilometers before the day target it started to rain again. From the main street of Castelnau there was no sign to the camping, but as I arrived at the place, marked on my GPS, I was lucky
Some later on the camping a Spanish cyclist arrived. He spoke German and was on the return trip from his tour from Madrid to Luxembourg.
Paul
