Day 74 - Carcossone to Remes le Bain - Foix 60 kms

Exiting the metropolis of Carcossone we dropped off Viv, Linton and KH to cycle to the French spa town of Remes les Bain in the mid Pyranees.

Inside walled city of Carcossone

While the crew cycled through the countryside Kim and self did some forward reconnisance to look for potential accommodation options that might be more scenic than our planned route to Perpignan.

We eventually settled for the town of Foix at the foothills of the Pyrenees as it provided a number of cycling options (some mountainous)as well as local attractions and an abundance of local eateries and cages. The town also had a beautiful old section with narrow winding lanes overlooked by a towering chateaux.

Meanwhile back at the ranch things were getting critical with the humid weather depleting the crews water supply requiring them to door knock in desperation. A text from Linton also confirmed their dire predicament - according to his text he was on the verge of starving after only having had a pizza, fruit and lollies and could we consider driving the 60kms back to deliver his baquette that he'd left in the van when we dropped them off !!!

We eventually met up in quiet Remes la Bain with an on the spot medical (while Linton was eating another pizza) confirming that Linton was in good enough condition to travel the
winding road back to Foix.

In some amazing driving down narrow and blocked lanes Viv was eventually able to get us to our hotel in Foix with the car in one piece!

Dinner capped off a great day , an intimate restaurant, some magnificent regional red wine and (after a couple of bottles) Linton and a French guitarist serenading us with an Elvis Presley number - what more could you want ... maybe Henley accompanying on bagpipes!!!