No serious #TodaysBikeRide lately (visiting family, and also outside temperatures are above human-survivable levels). But here are some pictures taken while not on a bike ride

#TodaysBikeRide is a #GeoHash expedition alongsioe the Garonne's Lateral Canal to Eurocentre, a logistics platform north of Toulouse with lots of warehouse, a mail sorting center and the like. Nothing new for me: I used to work there a few years ago,when the owner of a company I worked (as a software engineer) for decided he didn't want to waste time in traffic jams entering the city, and moved us outside the city. Leading to several of us finding other jobs nearer to home.

#TodaysBikeRide and #GeoHash expedition brings us to the village of St Sernin, once again in the middle of a field, but I got quite close this time

#TodaysBikeRide I visited the TV tower again. Found some nice trail nearby, it looks like it's in the middle of newhere and suddenly there's this large grid covering a hole in the ground (around 2m diameter)

#TodaysBikeRide and #GeoHash expedition. Once again the target point was in the middle of a field, but I got "close enough". It was very slightly raining during 2 hours while I was out. The sun came out just as I came back home.

#TodaysBikeRide to the "new" convention/event center (built in 2020, but I hadn't visited it yet. Huge building, lots of concrete and no vegetation anywhere. Built quite outside the city (1h bike or public transport, with the tramway line to nowhere ending here). Most of the building is actually a huge car park. Not what I expected in this century…

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Nice weather, sunny but not too hot, blooming flowers. Much more enjoyable than riding in the winter!
The unremarkable office building in one of the pictures is where I used to work for 5 years. We moved down the street ~a year ago and it's being demolished now to make space for an above-ground subway extension. So here's a picture of it before it's gone.I won't really miss it, it had awful thermal isolation (walls built of metal sheets and single pane glass).

#TodaysBikeRide and #GeoHash expedition. The target point was not quite reachable (would have to go down a few meters, seemed somewhat dangerous, and no road on the downhill side to get back). And then it started raining, so I didn't stay there very long.
Fun thing found nearby: some person owning a closed restaurant which has a Google Maps pin saying "PLEASE DELETE THIS"

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Explored a few new cyclepaths and alleys I didn't know. A bit too twisty or slippery for speeding around (didn't really feel like it anyway… really failing my goal of going out once a week and so I'm not super trained), but not too much people and no cars.

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It was ok, nice weather but I'm feeling a bit tired, so kept it short and avoided places with too much hills (which is not so easy arould here)

#TodaysBikeRide 1h15 and about 30km to go to a choir rehearsal weekend. For me it's a pretty normal trip. A lot of people in the choir think I'm crazy or it's an amazing achievement.
No pictures, not a very interesting ride and there was some mist. Maybe tomorrow on the way back (which will be around sunset, may get some interesting lighting, we'll see)

#TodaysBikeRide and #geohash expedition. I couldn't reach the exact geohash point as I didn't want to step or ride into a freshly planted field. Well, I got close enough, and the fun part is the journey to get there anyways.

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Short ride, still not feeling super great (but maintenance on the oike helped a bit). Hopefully I can attempt something a bit longer next week without being out of breath after 100 meters…

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On the banks of the Garonne and Ariège rivers.
Started with the telepheric, nice view from up there and you can also see the radio antennas at Pech David (highest point in Toulouse), for FM radio, cellphones, and other private networks.
There is a river crossing boat but it was closed today due to too low water levels.
And that building is part of a drinking water production plant/pumping station.

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Planned a shorter ride today because I didn't go out for about a month (due to a mix of temperatures and having other plans for my weekends). I was in better condition than expected, should have planned it a little longer.
Also at one point I had to backtrack a bit (just a few meters) because someone said I was on private property, not sure if true or not (it was an unpaved road but it was not marked private by google maps, who is usually very eager to mark things as orivate)

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Weather is back to non-lethal levels today so I went out.
Visited the Issus-Aussaguel space communications center, which is part of the infrastructure providing satellite internet access to boats and ships in the Atlantic Ocean

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Staying on flat roads once again, but went for a bit longer route so it still was 2+ hours. Weather was ok, there were some clouds so it wasn't too hot. Will probably be worse next week as the weather predictions plans for 40°C.

Found this concrete footbridge over the Canal du Midi, a change from the traditional local bricks :)

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I went for a route with few hills this week so it was much better. Still not able to climb the one uphill section however. And of course, no hills means less spectacular views, so here's a picture of a church I passed by, and a roundabout with a shiny metal planet (with saturn-like rings) sculpture, at the entrance of the CNES.

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Finally boarded the new telepheric which opens some new route options for me. Then tried to take a shortcut back home. Lots of unpaved roads/dirt trails again,but this time they were not wet and slippery at least.
I had not been out for a few weeks, so stayed mosly on flat ground near the Garonne and Ariège rivers, and walked a lot in the uphill sections.
Also I should buy new tires and some way to carry water with me