Ride Day 43—27 Oct 2005—24750 Boulazac (Périgueux) -- Circle

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Another outstanding ride with perfect weather.<span> </span>Only the last stretch including D705, D704, and N21 (but not D4 which was a nice small road) had too much traffic.</span>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">We had lunch at St Jean de Cole and realized we’d been there before.<span> </span>This was also true for the route to Thiviers.<span> </span>It’s always a nice surprise to find such familiar roads and places.</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 Chadurie (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