Garden camping

En route to Les Gets, we managed to spot what looked at first to be a camp site (a couple of tents were visible from the road) and decided to try it. Turns out, it was not a camp site but a set of Czytaj więcej
En route to Les Gets, we managed to spot what looked at first to be a camp site (a couple of tents were visible from the road) and decided to try it. Turns out, it was not a camp site but a set of Czytaj więcej
We stopped in Cluses to send some email and then headed up the
Col de la Colombière. From that starting point, its over a 1,000 meters of climb, with an average gradient of about 12% making it a Czytaj więcej
We set off around 12:30 on a gorgeous descent of the Colombier, followed by climbing most of the Col des Aravis (a mere cat 5 on today's Tour de France stage).
Near the top of Aravis we (not entirely Czytaj więcej
To make it to the start of the next stage in an afternoon we had to put on a bit of a sprint. At a couple of points we actually picked up chains (lines of riders on road bikes riding in our slip Czytaj więcej
We Were able to get a spot by the Stage 10 start line in the morning and watch the riders line up for the race; the maiou juene and the maiou polka-dot led the race out of town, as per tradition.
We Czytaj więcej
We headed out from Chambery this morning, there is quire a high ridge due West of Chambery, so we initially headed north, past the lake to the where the ridge is lower and there is a pass over the Czytaj więcej
We got some great views as we climbed the mountian road over our final col of the trip (Col du Chat) - its only 450 meters or so, it was a mere hill in comparisson to the 1,000meter plus mountains we Czytaj więcej
At the top of Col du Chat, dispite the relativly small climb we got some appreciative toots from passing motor cyclists on making it with our heavy bikes. The decent was quite fun and senic, with some Czytaj więcej
So its time to head back to the UK. We've put a little over 400Km (250miles) behind us since Geneva; around 1,000Km (over 600miles) since Paris. All in all its been an incredible trip.
Gear suitable Czytaj więcej