Cool tunnel!

Wow, 10 miles is A LOT of walking!!

Wow, good work by Julie! I wonder if people who have electronic shifters have much problem with their's?

Oh yes! :)

Good decision!

White asparagus is my FAVORITE!! :) :)

Interesting -- I've never heard/seen of a double helix staircase...

Beautiful! :)

How kind of her to help you with your need of water. :)

That's very handy!

Wow, I haven't seen a pigeon dish before...how does it taste?

You may not have enjoyed your ride to Bram but you did better than the people who lived there.

In 1210, a particularly unpleasant man called Simon de Montfort set siege to the village and then invaded with his army. His men cut off everyone's nose and gouged out their eyes - all except one man, who was allowed to keep one eye so that he could lead the others out of the village.

And folk talk of the good old days...

Love your ride along the canal. You passed 20km south of us; the canal is our everyday route into Toulouse, generally a couple of days on a loaded bike.

It's always annoying to be told of things you missed - although maybe you didn't care anyway - but the cemetery that you passed in Grisolles holds the grave of the village blacksmith, a man called Jean Dargassies.

He bought a bike in the village and the salesman said he looked a big, strong lad and that he ought to go in for this new Tour de France he'd been reading about.

Dargassies had never been further than Montauban but he caught the train to Paris, to check his entry had arrived, and he had trouble explaining himself there because of his strong southern accent.

They couldn't even understand his name so that, when he said it was Dargaties, they spelled it Dargassies. He stuck with it.

And why did he stick with it? Because he came fourth and so famous as the flying blacksmith that it seemed easier to stick with the new spelling than insist on the old.

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