Day 16: Monpazier to Miramont: More Bastides to see - Popi goes to Cahors - CycleBlaze

August 18, 2014

Day 16: Monpazier to Miramont: More Bastides to see

Track J2 51km

Today was a fast trip, no more steep roads.

Hotel next door family neighbors, hard to tell that they have also a dog
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Monpazier from hotel room
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Sun flowers give me the feeling of Gossips in the field. Some flowers seems to talk while other nod their head in agreement
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Morning traffic rush hour
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Villereal church
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Watering the flowers and exchanging news
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Villeréal downtown
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The quiet road passed Villereal
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Hens to sell
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Iphone being used as a table holder
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Castillonnès
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Castillonès church
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Chicory flower
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Of course , passed the sign, I could not prevent to build speed up to 52 km/h
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Saint Nazaire without the sea
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In Lauzun village, we found the town employee
repainting the stop marks on the road...
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Here is Lauzun mayor trying of of our bicycle after having supervised his employee. His is also a great cyclist having perform the tour around Corsica, going to Switzerland.
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Wild teasel - Cardaire des champs or des villes, also called Cabaret des oiseaux because rain water can collect in this receptacle; From wikipedia : this may also perform the function of preventing sap-sucking insects such as aphids from climbing the stem.The Fuller's Teasel (the cultivar group Dipsacus fullonum Sativus Group; syn. D. sativus) was formerly widely used in textile processing, providing a natural comb for cleaning, aligning and raising the nap on fabrics, particularly wool. Note that the verb : " carder " is the french word for above described wikipedia process.
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Farmer's union expressing their feeling about European agricultural administration : Shut up, leave us work. Rural coordination the 100% farmer union.
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Lauzun
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Pilgrim trail sign " Camino de Santiago "
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Local TV repair center in Lauzun
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Today's ride: 56 km (35 miles)
Total: 941 km (584 miles)

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