142 km
Yesterday I cycled on a part of the Via Rhona, a planned cycle route from Geneva to the mouth of the Rhône. I picked it up again, but the total length of this part was just 20 km’s.. I had to use some departmental roads to come to Beaucaire and Tarascon. From there I cycled my route if last year reverse., but not with the same campings, because I  have a shift of about 40 km’s. The camping this night is very near to the Via Rhona part that started near Pont St Esprit. But I only found it because I have the coordinates in my Garmin. I did not see any sign to the camping.
Today I also made the 4000th km of this tour!
It was nice and sunny all day – last year there was a lot of rain on this traject.
Paul

154 km
This was the first day since long, that the day started with sunshine and in the evening the sky was still clear. Until Capestang I used a departmental road. Then I wanted to switch to the canal bridleway, because some highlights are in that part. On Poiles the road was ‘barree’ for tree cutting. Some cyclists already warned and wanted me to turn, but I wanted another alternate route via Montady to see the étang. It is nice to see from above  ▶ Google Earth. But from the town the view was not that great as from the hill with the Oppidium d’Ensérune in the south.
I reached the canal in Colombiers and the piste cyclable on the bridleway some km’s further, just in time to see the nine locks in series and some later the Pont Canal de l’Orb with a awesome view to Beziers. Then further via the bridleway and minor roads to the Mediterranean Sea near Agde. The next part was following coast and beaches to Le Grau du Roi. I already checked one camping (full) and a second (abandoned). Finally I found the   Camping a la ferme just before sunset.
Paul

140 km
The morning started cloudy but during the day the sun came and apart from some tiny raindrops it remained dry. There was a rather tough wind from the northwest and that meant for me in my back. After 6 km I was on a piste cyclable near the Canal du Midi in Gardouch. In Naurouze after some 12 km the signs for the cyclists disappeared. I tried to use the footpath, but it was rather narrow and after 2 km I switched to minor roads and used the Garmin to lead me to the start of the next part marked as cycle path in Castelnaudary. Now I saw some signs for a cycle route no. 2, but without indication of a destination village. In Castelnaudary was a series of locks and the bridleway was good for cycling. But also this stopped after some kilometers and all the way to Carcassonne the bridleway was in a bad condition due to the roots of trees that made the path rough.
On this path I had my first flat tire (it was the tire of the Extrawheel. After repairing it I continued to Carcassonne, still using the bridleway. In Trèbes I switched to one of the tracks and used a smaller departmental street, but there was quite a lot of car traffic on it. In Pouzols I went to a camping Les Auberges (two stars). I tried to get the pins of my tent into the ground, but after a while I gave up, packed my things and asked my money back. Then I cycled to the next camping in Mirepeisset.The reception was closed already and I asked at the camping bar. Oh we are full and very expensive. Now I started to look for a suitable place in the wild.
But before I had a last look on my map and saw a 3rd camping in the neighborhood. That was my last try. It was a camping municipal with old, but sufficient infrastructure. Just before darkness my tent was set up.
Paul