No Way Out

Said goodbye to Enko (dog) and Balaruc and set off towards Beziers.
We expected a longish day as there are fewer open sites around now.
Passed through Sete and along the causeway to Agde. Miles of lovely beaches but not very pretty surroundings.
We couldn't escape Agde as every road led to a restricted D road. French towns down here are well equipped with cycle lanes, but there is little concession for travelling from town to town by bike.
After an hour of searching in the company of another couple of cyclists trying to get to the same place as us we found the Canal du Midi and took that.
It was unsurfaced and very bumpy (the towpath not the canal, that was quite smooth but a bit too wet) but at least we were going in the right direction.
We were helped to lift the bikes over some narrow gates by a Dutch couple past some arcane machinery to divert the river where it crossed the canal.
The path turned into Tarmac for the last 10k and took us into Beziers.
After being happily called a "mean fecker" by an Irish guy, for not letting Sue stay in a B&B, he directed us to the shops.
We picked the canal back up and into Columbiers where we found an open site.
Pitched next to a Canadien couple bike touring around most of Europe but using flying or train between locations.
75k today but it felt longer, it seems we are winding down along with the time.
Last night we felt that if the bus could go tomorrow we'd be on it, but today after a sleep, daft thoughts like that have gone away.
Woke to a much cooler morning, I think the summer may over now.
Don't know if we can be bothered to ride back to Beziers, even if it's only 7k so we might just explore locally.