Ride Day 5—12 Sept 2005—47170 Mézin env. Nérac to 32320 Bassoues

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The terrain and roads today were absolutely wonderful.<span> </span>Pretty much the entire ride was the perfect low traffic country roads with beautiful scenery.<span> </span>Generally throughout the day, the terrain was more gently rolling hills than what we’d been having so that it was an easier ride as well.</span>

Background:<br /><br /><br />My wife and I have been doing self-supported tours in Western Europe (a majority in France) since 1993.  This series of rides covers our 2005 2 month route through parts of France.  Our beginning and ending point is near Chaduri (south of Angoulême) where our friends have a farm with Gites and Chambres d'Hotes.<br /><br /><br />We rode our Dawes touring bicycles purchased in 1993 heavily loaded with 700Cx32 tires.  All of our riding was on paved roads, mostly with very little traffic.<br /><br /><br />If any questions, feel free to email me at jeffkadet@netdiving.com<br /><br /><br />Jeff