SvizzeraVésenaz46°14’44” N 6°11’33” E
7 luglio 2010, Svizzera ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
We are now camped in Switzerland, on the shore of lake Geneva - on the Alp side, rather than the city side. Tomorrow we mostly explore Geneva and hopfuly have time to sort any kit niggles.
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SvizzeraLa Rade46°12’20” N 6°9’25” E
8 luglio 2010, Svizzera ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
A day exploring and relaxing in Geneva, Swizerland.
We met some american folk in Starbucks who were travelling around europe for a month by train. They were from Chicago, and were explaining to usLeggi altro
FranciaBallaison46°17’58” N 6°19’13” E
9 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
We had a bit of a slow start to the day; we eventually set off for Col de la Ramaz at around 0930. We began by heading north east across the swiss border to a French town (Douvine) to pick-up suppliesLeggi altro
FranciaCol de Cou46°15’45” N 6°27’12” E
9 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
This was the start of our journey into the alps proper, and the scenery was amazing, if quite difficult and slow climbing up the slopes. Our first major climb was the Col de cou; beginning near theLeggi altro
FranciaHabère-Poche46°14’32” N 6°28’21” E
9 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
After Col de Cou, we soon passed through a low point at Habère-Poche before beginning to ascend to the Col du Terramont at 1,094meters. As we climbed our way up we started passing beneath ski liftsLeggi altro
FranciaPerrin46°9’26” N 6°30’56” E
9 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
After we passed through the Col de Terramont we turned south, toward the route of this year's Tour de France. We joined it on the climb to the Col de la Ramaz just above the viliage of Messy. This isLeggi altro
FranciaCol de la Ramaz46°9’33” N 6°34’48” E
10 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Col de la Ramez is a grade 1 climb, which is the hardest graded climb, 5 being the lowest. It was not the easiest thing in the world, and not particularly relaxing considering that this is supposed toLeggi altro
FranciaSommand46°9’37” N 6°33’1” E
10 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
We took a trip down into Sommand this morning, and spied a campervan flying a Welsh dragon, and a St David's cross. Turned out they were from Cardiff and members of Cardiff Ajax cycling club (archLeggi altro
FranciaCol de la Ramaz46°9’31” N 6°34’51” E
11 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
After delivering Welsh cakes to our new friends, we joined the Ajax group for their climb from Sommand up to the top of Col de la Ramaz; Dan attacked off the front at the end, beating Ajax to theLeggi altro
FranciaPortes du Soleil46°10’48” N 6°42’33” E
11 luglio 2010, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
The journey from Col de la Ramaz was quite slow at first due to the mass exodous of bikes, people and cars all trying to go the same way. Eventually we got to Morzine, only to meet the team AjaxLeggi altro
