2012 French Tour -- Ride Day 60 -- 28 October 2012 -- Albi to Blagnac (Toulouse)

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Most of the roads today were excellent low-traffic roads.  The exceptions were D988 from Marssac to D18 and all of D2.  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.  The second portion of D988 and D888 were pretty good riding with much of it having some shoulder.  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.  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.  It also made our knees ache.  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.  And we studiously try to avoid riding at night.  Otherwise, a great ride.