The curry was ok. I'd give it 6.5/10. At first I was a bit worried by the menu. There were no popodums. There was something called Barhnt Parat (no idea what that was. Sounded very Python-esque). There was also Poison Murhg (it was, obviously, a fish curry. But it didn't sound good). As it happens, our shared starters of onion bahjis and veg samosas were quite nice. To follow the Punjab Murhg was nice and spicy and the Butter Chicken was quite passable. I'll do ...

This trip may well work out a couple of hundred miles shorter than last year's 1,000 miler (St Malo to The Med), but this year has been far tougher and, effectively, longer. The only real hills we had to cross last year were those of the Dordogne. After that we followed the flat paths along the canals of the south, the a Lateral Canal to Toulouse and the Canal du Midi thereafter. Whereas this year it's been up and down all the way. The good news is that we now fe...

Foix is a very interesting place and it was well worth spending some time there. It's main attraction is in its spectacular setting, deep in the hills and mountains. It seems to be a holiday base for walkers. Not too many cyclists though: probably too undulating for the normal bikers and too far from the really famous peaks for the serious bikers. Before dinner, we went to the fun fare. Tried to win a fluffy toy (the sloth from Ice Age) with one of those three ...

We tend to sit down for dinner each night by around eight and get to bed by around eleven. Now that JC's finished her book (she didn't bring a spare) she's straight off to sleep. Me, with plenty on the Kindle, normally read for a while. Actually, for someone who professes to normally turn in early, she's quite happy to read until midnight. Found a good restaurant last night. This made a nice change because over the last four days we've had pizza three times (twi...

If you've looked at a map, you'll see that we were heading north yesterday. Well, for various reasons we've turned south and are back in foothills of the Pyrenees again. At a place called St Girons. It was supposed to be a shorter day today, but once again we were out of luck with our planned destination (Cazeres), so had to bash on for a few more hours. St Girons is very good though, surrounded by huge hills and has a very nice river flowing through it. The fi...