ШвейцарияVésenaz46°14’44” N 6°11’33” E
7 июля 2010 г., Швейцария ⋅ 🌙 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.
Did haveЧитать далее
ШвейцарияLa Rade46°12’20” N 6°9’25” E
8 июля 2010 г., Швейцария ⋅ ☁️ 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 usЧитать далее
ФранцияBallaison46°17’58” N 6°19’13” E
9 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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 suppliesЧитать далее
ФранцияCol de Cou46°15’45” N 6°27’12” E
9 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
ФранцияHabère-Poche46°14’32” N 6°28’21” E
9 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 liftsЧитать далее
ФранцияPerrin46°9’26” N 6°30’56” E
9 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 isЧитать далее
ФранцияCol de la Ramaz46°9’33” N 6°34’48” E
10 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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 toЧитать далее
ФранцияSommand46°9’37” N 6°33’1” E
10 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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 (archЧитать далее
ФранцияCol de la Ramaz46°9’31” N 6°34’51” E
11 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 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 theЧитать далее
ФранцияPortes du Soleil46°10’48” N 6°42’33” E
11 июля 2010 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 AjaxЧитать далее
