Back from 2 weeks in the Dordogne, catching up on zillions of unread
messages.
Amongst the cycling I did was on various waymarked tracks round the
Sarlat and Belves areas. Top stuff for a roadie like me. Wee yellow
waymark posts and flashes on road signs, lots of map sign boards in
villages showing the routes and the chance to buy paper 1:50000 maps
in the La Presse for 2.30 Europeans with the same info, plus stuff
like route grading, expected times etc. Most enjoyable, but bloddy
hot, hard work.
I was on a borrowed Diamond Back something or other, but the engine
was a bit knackered. The guys I rode with are less regular cyclists
than me and one was hampered by a Cheap [censored] Bike made of finest
Depleted Uranium with Camembert Components. No lack of enthusiasm on
the rider's part though. Up the steep (to me) track out of the woods
into the blazing sunshine, stop, gasp for breath in a patch of shade,
watch the buzzards circling overhead. Then down a track at walking
pace (I suspect Proper MTBers take this at full wack), back along the
valley for Cold Drinks.
If you're down that way give it a try. I think the routes were laid
out in conjunction with the French version of the CTC.
Tim