Sunday, September 6, 2015

Arriving at Albi

We have now arrived at our main destination in France, just outside Albi in the Tarn region.  We have hired a gite with a group of friends from Edinburgh.
The weather forecast for the week could not be better.



Despite the temptations to just stay at the gite, we have plenty of cycling planned.


The others have hired bikes which are delivered to the gite, and so we need a short trip out to test that everything is in working order.


Which is just as well, since we quickly discover two broken spokes on John's bike, which given the hills in the area would likely have caused the wheel to buckle.  Luckily we are able to get these fixed quite easily.

Alibi is famous for its big cathedral, which is indeed very impressive, if a little dominating.



As we cycle though the city, we see some lovely fountains in a square.  We see two small boys cycle through these fountains, followed shortly afterwards by two not so small boys.


Along the route between the gite and the city we discover a beautiful meadow of wild flowers, the first of many photo stops I think!








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