Bike-Minded Travelers

"If things go wrong, don't go with them"

June 26th - June 29th

One of our rides in the last few days took us along several different waterways. We started in the town of Digoin which is on the Canal du Centre, the Loire River and the Canal latéral à la Loire. The interesting thing about the latéral canal is that it flows over the Loire River (photo below). We rode leisurely along the canal for a little over 20km when it was time for lunch. We found a nice table in a little park just off the trail and started to set up our picnic when Jay discovered he had left his backpack on a bench outside the information office at the port in Digoin. We panicked a bit knowing it had his wallet and fob for the car. I had snapped a photo of the information center earlier so we were able to find a phone number to call. After several anxious moments the nice lady came back to the phone and announced she had found the backpack. You can imagine how relieved we were! We promised to be back within an hour to pick it up. Oh boy, we turned our motors up and high-tailed it back as fast as we could pedal. The pack was intact with all of its contents. On the drive back we decided a celebration was in order and toasted with a glass of Prosecco at the Italian restaurant we went to for dinner.🥂

The Port at Digoin

Afore mentioned backpack on the bench near the blue umbrella

Jay riding along the canal over the river

Yet another burrata salad-Yum!

Jay's pizza and my carbonara

As we get closer to leaving Beaune and Burgundy this year we are madly working in a few more bike rides even though the weather is quite warm now. One ride we like to do is between Baume les Dames and I'lsle sur le Doubs for about 48km. The Doubs River is lovely and the ride winds through some little villages as well. Another mostly shaded route is from Epinac to Autun along a repurposed rail-trail (42km roundtrip). This is especially a good ride on a hot day. Our last ride was along another rail-trail from Chalon-sur-Saone to the town of Buxy (40km). It was fun to finally see a field of sunflowers in bloom. What a nice sendoff for us. Au revoir, Bourgogne. See you next year!