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  • Dan BowenTravelerTour de France 2011
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    • Day 8
    • Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:15 PM
    • ☁️ 21 °C
    • Altitude: 712 m
    • FranceArreau42°54’33” N  0°21’35” E
    Col-de-Aspin (like Tormalet) made it debut on Le Tour in 1910 (and they never let you forget it).

    Voyage dans la Pyrenees

    July 15, 2011 in France ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    After descending Col de Aspin, I made for St-Gaudens, start point for the next day's stage. I followed the D929 north out of the pyreneese, until it intercepts D817. The route is lined with small villiages following the line of the valley and is shadowed by a (probably) disused railway.

    Stopped by yet another puncture I got out the massless-rug-of-picnicking, which Chris added to my inventory back in Epsom and used my pocket knife to make some sandwiches at the road side (goats cheese, and chicken with herbes-de-provance).
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