Ride Day 18—28 Sept 2005—11350 Cucugnan -- Circle

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">This was another absolutely wonderful ride on outstanding low traffic road.<span> </span>And we passed several cols marked with signs but which were not on the map.<span> </span>Our only disappointment was that the two marked gorges on the map were nice, but definitely not spectacular such as we have become accustomed to in France.</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Notable places we passed included:</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Château de Peyrepertuse</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Col de Redoulade (752 M)</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Château de Durfort</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Château de Terms</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Col de Bedos (485 M)</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Col du Prat (444 M)</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Château de Padern</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