The party in the park music event carried on late until just after eleven. In England, when Christmas items appear in the shops we say, 'the countdown to Maria has begun'. As many of you will know, Maria Carey's song 'All I want for Christmas' is a very popular Christmas song. Just before eleven, Angela couldn't believe her ears. Maria blasting out what she wanted for Christmas. So everybody, the Christmas season has officially begun in France. Despite a very warm day yesterday, the temperature dipped during the night, and for an hour first thing this morning we wore our down jackets. By the time we set off the heat was once again building. At lunchtime 31c. We are now cycling a section of the Le canal des 2 mers. It links Sete on the Mediterranean to Royan, just above Bordeaux on the Atlantic coast. We've cycled most of it before, so it's nice to be revisiting campsites and towns we've visited before.
Montech was our lunch stop. Here you cycle pass le machine, a vehicle made from two railway carriages that moves barges up an incline of 250 metres. Thus not needing a ladder lock. Today we have cycled around forty miles in intense heat. Angela's knee hurt, her wrist hurt, her head hurt and her throat was sore. But we had a tailwind, suddenly our bikes felt electrified and all was good. We are now at Moissac.
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A cycle into town for food and to revisit the striking church before settling down for the evening. There is a young girl here from Mexico, she's been cycling for two months. We saw her at the lunch stop, and she'll probably be on the same campsite as us tomorrow evening. Suddenly we feel we are once again part of a cycling community, which is great.
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