Going down hills in Gascony was much easier than going up.
Going down hills in Gascony was much easier than going up.
This is a log of a cycle trip we (my wife Carol and I) took with two friends (Heather and Peter Stark) to southwestern France in the summer of 1991. I am finally (ten years later) getting around to writing it up because I am now REALLY retired and I am feeling guilty that I haven't done it before now. Because of the delay I'm sure I'll miss some important things but there is also an advantage because I now have the experience of ten more European cycle tours and can bring that to my recollections of this trip. As always, I depend on my wife's excellent journal of the trip as my aide memoire. I could never write any of these reports without it. We cycle unsupported (i.e., no "sag wagon"); we stay in hotels; we eat our evening meals in restaurants. As you get older you will allow yourselves these luxuries.
The attached map outlines our route. Select the trip segment below.
