Day 39 – to Lapalud or La Palud ## 4000 km reached

142 km
(I have to write this a 2nd time, because I accidentally hit the arrow back on my Lumia – no way to revert this 😩

Yesterday I already cycled on the Via Rhona from the coast to Aigues Mortes. Today I picked this up again, but the total length is just 20 km. After that you have to find a way yourself. That means from Gallician on I used departmental roads until Beaucaire and Tarascon. From there I cycled my tour from last year reverse, but I have a shift of about 40 km. That means I use different campings for the overnight stay.
This camping I only found, because I have the coordinates in my Garmin  – I did not see any sign.
The total length of this tour is over 4000 km’s  now!
Paul

Day 39 – to La Palud (also written as Lapalud)

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

Day 38 – to Aigues Mortes

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