Day 28 biking to Mont Saint-Loup & Agde

Another energetic, unexpected adventure. Weather forecast said rain, but we only got a couple of sprinkles. We’ve been amazingly lucky with the weather.

Our destination was Mont Saint Loup, a former volcano high in the hills over looking Agde - all 3 cities. Once again we got totally lost. Can’t believe it - using a real map, AllTrails map & Google maps, we still got lost - but saw lots of interesting sites along the way.

A highlight was heading over the upper paths connecting the new commercial centre, tourist centre and routes on the other side. The wind was so strong I thought I was going to be blown off. See video.

After giving up on that destination, we decided to head to the train station in Agde to see if we can lock our bikes up there when we venture further afield by train later this week. The answer was yes.

Coming back to Cap d’Agde we got lost again - the plus was Peter noticed a sign pointing to Mont Saint Loup - our original destination. The negative was the steep climb straight up. I biked about half of it, and pushed my super heavy bike up the other half. Loved it when a tourist train came by and a group of ladies all cheered me on. Great views & pics of Agde from on high.

Heading back down we got lost again - ended up on a goat trail by passing the humongous golf course, and finally got back on track.

A quick trip to our local Carrfour for dinner supplies, and we’re now sipping Lagavette, a wine from this Languedoc region, and enjoying brie cheese. Have calm French music playing - life is good.Read more