Today we said goodbye to the canals that have been our home for the past 9 days.
We reached the western end of the canals at Le Reole, headed north through the hills, including a 12% grade we cycled right up without walking, then picked up a rail-trail heading into Bordeaux.
Now instead of being entertained by locks and canal boats, it will be former rail stations and tunnels until we reach the Atlantic coast.
