<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ArialMT;">All roads getting here were
excellent country roads.<span> </span>Great
ride.<span> </span>We crossed from the Dordogne
Department to the Charente Department.<span> </span>We thus passed from the Aquitaine Region into the Poitou-Charentes
Region.</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