To make Bordeaux from Clerac I had to deviate from the EV3 and make a straight line to Bordeaux. Google Maps gave me a bike route that was just under 60.
We had an early breakfast with Markus and got on the road after him but still early for us. The route Google gave us was excellent. Pretty countryside and smooth, quiet roads.
The first half was very pleasant and we made good time. We reached a more urban area just at noon and had lunch at an artesian chain bakery. Aidan picked out two desserts with nut ingredients and ended up with a plain donut. The desserts were quite good.
For the next hour and a half we were in suburbs on residential streets or with a bike path. Then it started getting more urban and were on busier streets.
Aidan was tiring and he eagerly went into McDonald's to get some ice cream. Naturally it had nuts on it and he couldn't eat it. The drink he got me was some sort of disgusting sweet syrup. The little hamburger I got was a typical crappy McD hamburger. I couldn't leave him with nothing so I went in and got him a vanilla ice cream. He could eat it but it was the size of a sample cup for 2€. It was not a well spent 20€.
Just after that the street knotted itself and the bike path disappeared. It picked up again after a part in a dirt foot path beside the street car tracks. It was a bad section.
After that all was well again. We had either a nice isolated lane or a full lane shared with buses we never saw.
Finally we came to the bridge over the Garonne and we were there. We stopped for a victory beer in sight of the hotel. Meanwhile I got messages from Laurie that she had landed in Madrid and had boarded the flight to Bordeaux.
Soon we were all having dinner at a very nice restaurant called Lauza.
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