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WOW - we hit the Canal des 2 Mers, Autumn, and 4000km. We are SUPREME LEGENDS!

Right Sportsfans, settle in.  It's been an amazing 11 days since we last posted, and today you have me (Serena) to yourselves, and I'm chilled here in Bordeaux writing to you with my new haircut and all the washing hanging around the room drying because we're on 2 full rest days - YEAH BABY!  You can see the first pic posted there above, and it's all I can do to say WOW.  WOW. WOW. WOW.  We've hit Autumn.  And it is glorious.  Most of the riding we've done since we left Carcassonne has been on canals, and this is what most of that riding has looked like.  I don't know how to describe it to you, all I can say is that every now and then I was so moved by how beautiful it was I had to stop my bike, breathe it in, and now and then cry a little.  It was really really something.  And because it's now cold and a bit wet, there were hardly any other cyclists around so most of the time we had all of this to ourselves.  Just WOW. The other big new...