Combret (La Loubière) to Castres

This was a wonderful ride solely on very low-traffic and zero-traffic roads. It had outstanding scenery and a variety of ups and downs.

The reason for the strange ending in Castres is that we arrived at our reserved hotel (an ibis Styles) only to find a sign saying that the hotel was closed, please go to the nearby Mecure Hotel for your lodging. At the Mecure, we learned that because of the low number of reservations for today (a Sunday night late in October), they'd closed the hotel and placing all guests into the nearby Mecure. Fortunately for us, only a minor inconvenience.