Ride Day 6—13 Sept 2005—32320 Bassoues to 64000 Pau

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Until Rabastens-de-Bigorre, we were pretty much on perfect country roads.<span> </span>After that we were on a major road that at times had some traffic and at other times very little.<span> </span>Most of it wasn’t bad until we got closer to Pau when the traffic increased exponentially. There was, though, some small shoulder or bicycle lane for much of this heavy traffic section into Pau.</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