France: Sommieres to Alban (Lou Bass Plat) to Albi
Friday Our early start is a little slowed because it’s the time when parents are walking their kids down ‘our’ narrow street towards primary school. I make it down the wonky stairs with our bags without slipping and breaking anything. Our host waits for me at the bottom. Then off we go towards Albi. The actual itinerary was investigated and discussed for some time, so if you aren’t new to this blog it will not surprise you that we eventually take a totally different one. As we head uphill the landscape seems to become more interesting, cultivated fields and mountains and hills. We go up until levelling out near Aire de service du Caylar where we stop for a short break. The service area is very well equipped and clean with fantastic-looking self-service coffee machines I haven’t time to use. The air is chilly after the nearly thirty degrees yesterday evening in Sommieres: splendid fresh autumn air. At La Cavaliere we turn off the motorway (this part was free) and head through the hills ...
