Lovely morning to ride. Staircase of four locks passed. The path is very heavily littered with branches from the wind storms. French TV covered the storms, TGV closure out of Paris, lost electricity. Much like CNN type coverage, incessant and repetitive.
Trebes, first town to stop for breakfast. My first croque monsieur.
Stopped at a local flea type market along the way. Asked to buy a rag to clean my chain. The proprietor went to her car and got me one, de rein for cost. The woman with the melons smelled each one before picking a few.
Foothills to the south. Suspect we have crossed then in the past.
Homps. Never heard of it? Not surprising. Nothing here. Only reason I stayed here is the book canal du midi recommended this and the Auberge as good stopover places. Suspect he never stopped out stayed here. Auberge is barely a one star. Only point in its favor is it has a good shower.
Homps along the canal is lively with many restaurants to service the 100+ boats here. mostly a port destination.
No Wi-Fi here. Will use one of my toys uploading only a few pictures. The others tomorrow from Narbonne.
Discussed canal boat renting with an English family, one of many who spend a short holiday on the canal. The winds were a big problem both for steering and using the types in the locks. The kids had the false idea that this would be fun, not hard work.
Gazpacho, green for dinner. Chicken as well.
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Croque looks delicious – a lovely pain de mie? Croques are topped with white sauce. A large bottle of rosé sits near the gazpacho. Has Jeff turned into a white sauce swilling alcoholic, like me?