Ride Day 23—4 Oct 2005—81320 Murat-sur-Vèbre to 34700 Lodève

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Due to lack of detail in the map Helen was using, we missed a turn and stayed on D922 longer than intended.<span> </span>The result, though, was spectacular since the panoramic views and jagged cliffs starting from La Croix-de-Mounis (809 M) were wonderful, even in the light rain with the horrible overcast conditions.<span> </span>And the fact that these views and cliffs were totally unexpected made it even more special.  Later, we passed </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">the Col de la Baraque de Bral (610 M). </span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">During the day, we crossed back from the Tarn Department into the Hérault Department, and changed regions 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