France ride: Beyond the rain

( If you have not read the prologue, start here ) In the second week of my bicycle journey through France, I had made my base for the week in Créon, outside Bordeaux. On the morning of June 10, I got up early. I meant to spend the day riding the Bordeaux Left Bank, the triangular peninsula held between the Atlantic and the Garonne River. First I would load the bike into the car, drive to a station…