Beaufort (Savoie) - Bourg St Maurice

We’ve been glued to the weather apps hoping that today would be good for crossing the Cormet de Roselend. It turned out well and so the climb commenced right from Beaufort.

There’s only one way to tackle a big climb on a loaded tourer - slowly. So we just got our heads down and ground uphill. The air got cooler, the scenery amazing and we made it to the only big of respite for a brief stop to eat our boulangerie Quiches. 15mins was enough as it was cool, so we soon pushed on the the top.

After quick photos taken by other cyclists, we started the descent. Great care is needed with tourers loaded only with rear panniers as they can shimmy on fast descents, so we took it easy. But 20k downhill… what’s not to like? Cold of course, but we added layers.

We rolled into Bourg St Maurice, our destination, and straight into our favourite bistro/bar for lunch.

Our grand tour is done. It was epic and challenging at times. It’s been on our ‘ToDo’ list a long time, so an absolutely amazing feeling.

We’ll have a breather now, but this will continue on 27th June as we log our return trip by train (doubtless more challenges to come!). Thanks to you for following and the various messages you sent us.

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