To be added later...
Most of the roads today were excellent low-traffic roads. Â The exceptions were D988 from Marssac to D18 and all of D2. Â While D2 was the best there was, plus it did have some bike lane, it would be best to try to find alternatives to this section of D988. Â The second portion of D988 and D888 were pretty good riding with much of it having some shoulder. Â Along a good portion of both sides of D988 was a seemingly never-ending corridor of plane trees.
Having made the above comment on the roads, our ride today was one hard slog. Â While we had nice sunshine, we had a strong cold and gusty wind from the west that with today's low temperatures both kept us moving at a very slow pace and sapped our energy. Â It also made our knees ache. Â While under normal circumstances, we would have arrived an hour or two before sunset, today we only arrived maybe twenty or thirty minutes after sunset. Â And we studiously try to avoid riding at night. Â Otherwise, a great ride.
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