Massif du Bauges

The little sunshine break was over. It was raining again, and looked like it would continue. But the worst of the storm had passed south into Italy. So I prepared my bags and Schopper for the road.

After a lovely evening of feeling giddy about our adventures, I bid farewell to Elodie again and rode off into the rain. It was warm and soft, with a lovely earthy smell heavy in the farmlands. I spent a long time processing the phantasmagoria of mountains and skies and beauty that this last week had been.

I cycled towards the Massif du Bauges. There I met Isabelle & Jacques at Bourgneuf, who are veteran mountain lovers. They offered to take me paragliding, but the weather was still no good. After a nice evening of mixed veg curry, I rode on into the rain, climbing up to Col de Frènes and down into the Bauges plateau.Read more