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Sunday 19th July – Around Carcassonne

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July 19th 2009
Sunday 19th July - How to waste a day Getting back on the bike minus luggage was a joy - it was transformed to a flickable toy and initially I congratulated myself on the sageness of my decision to base myself a further day at the camp site at Carcassonne. However it would have made more sense to have researched what I was actually going to do in its environs. I decided to head for th ... read more

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