Cahors in bici

This was a wonderful ride with a few short climbs and one major climb, which was into and beyond St-Cirq-Lapopie. Road quality throughout was excellent, especially D8 from St-Cirq.

This was a great ride through nice countryside and mostly great roads. We'd initially intended to return further east through Montfaucon so that we would arrive back in Cahors from the east on D653, but some rain pelting us after going through Le Vigan made us turn south at that point and return along D820, which was a much more direct route to our hotel. Regarding roads, D12 was an outstanding low-traffic road. D811 out of Cahors to Mercuès had too much traffic, but wasn't too bad. D801 from Goudon to Le Vigan had a bit too much traffic and zero shoulder. Finally, from where we got on to D820 to St-Pierre-Lafeuille, there was only some narrow shoulder, but there was relatively light traffic, so it wasn't a problem. From St-Pierre-Lafeuille south to Cahors, there was some wide shoulder, but it was pretty rough. All-in-all, D820 turned out to be a better road than we'd expected it would be.

This was a great ride. D12 is a wonderful low-traffic road for the entire distance. D811 is OK, though it has only a little good shoulder and a bit too much traffic.