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No idea. I'm managing, and actually, I've found good roads sometimes by getting lost
Called it a day early today. Too damn hot at 35 deg. I didn't want to be too knackered for moving on tomorrow.
Not many photos worth the effort, maybe one, I'll take a look later. 3 days was probably enough here, can't see many roads in the region on the map I didn't ride, intentionally or not ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Just a couple from today. I sort of like this one, but the buildings seem more reminiscent of something from the Alps:
https://i.postimg.cc/fbjhD5m4/DSCN9589.jpg
Up another little side road into the mountains:
https://i.postimg.cc/g28CH4Mw/DSCN9591.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Kj4X72VF/DSCN9609.jpg
Sheep in the Lake District, cattle in the Picos, horses this time (yeah, I took a snap - what else do you do while you wait for them all to pass? And they ain't mountains ):
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN9615_zpsflb9sp6a.jpg
This appears to be the mountain that the Vielha tunnel goes through, 5.2km long. Sort of looks like a mini version of Everest north face:
https://i.postimg.cc/fRcP9yLm/DSCN9616.jpg
Easily missed view on the N260; you come out of a tunnel, and if you didn't glance to your right, you wouldn't know the lake was there:
https://i.postimg.cc/DZZpHccP/DSCN9617.jpg
It was too hot to stop for many shots, and when I did, I couldn't wait to get back on the bike and get the breeze going again, but then it was like riding through a furnace. No relief to be found except in the longer tunnels - the cold of the Vielha tunnel was a shock to the system, then back to the furnace on the other side. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Still showing 23deg on the display outside the hotel at 10:40pm - don't think there'll be much sleep tonight. Still, only about 120 miles to do tomorrow.
38? Dunno, it might have been that here; I'm just going by that same display when I got back this afternoon. Certainly felt like it. Can't wait to get to the cool Alps ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Now booked into a cheap hotel on the outskirts of Perpignan for one night. Ibis Budget, 52 Euros inc. breakfast and city tax. Tip for -Matt- Not much more cost than F1 hotels, but you get en suite shower/toilet/sink, air conditioning, there's a bar, and from what I can see, I can get an evening meal here tonight too...and it's all much cleaner Perfect for a one night stop en route. Oh, and car park is gated, locked after 11pm, but you are given the access code for the day.
Best bit of the trip down from Sort was the N116 through the Parc Naturel Regional des Pyrenees Catalanes, so all these photos are from that part of the route:
https://i.postimg.cc/nzhqnFMv/DSCN9626.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/nr6mKq2k/DSCN9630.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Bn5FDLKT/DSCN9632.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/3rP9FGdV/DSCN9635.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/5NB55RcQ/DSCN9636.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/c1YfZbLk/DSCN9637.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Xvmy6fS0/DSCN9639.jpg
We've had best view from a petrol station forecourt - that was Riano. How about this for best view from a Maccy D's? :
https://i.postimg.cc/C18nhRSn/DSCN9643.jpg
The N116 is a wide, twisty road that goes over a high-ish pass, and then hugs the hillsides, winding round and down, much as parts of the N260 do. The surface is not quite as smooth as many of the Spanish roads, but still a fun bit of a ride. Scenery, as you can see, is just as good.
Another roasting day, absolutely bushed when I got here, but cooling down nicely now thanks to the air con. I might pop out again on the bike later, when it has cooled down outside a bit, maybe to the coast or through the town, but maybe have a nap first ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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The idea of me managing to get out on a tour seems like a distant fantasy now. Boo hoo. Sorry, still wallowing in self pity. |
Chin up, you'll get another chance A little bit of self pity never did anyone any harm
I've had some back pain on this trip from the damaged vertebrae sustained a while ago, but I've got a HUGE stock of painkillers, so no worries Otherwise, the worst thing now is the heat. It actually removes the desire to ride after about mid day. Just been outside for a fag, and it's not cooling off any yet. I'd like to get out this evening, but not if it stays like this. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Got out for a short spin, still very hot, but decided to make like the locals and call it a t-shirt ride. Not something I'd normally do, but in this...
did cool me down nicely though, and better than staying cooped up indoors, which isn't what tours are for
Only saw one thing of note. Went down to the coast, but nothing spectacular there - beach, scrub, road, conservation area. but spotted what appear to be replica prehistoric hut reconstructions, so pulled in for a look:
https://i.postimg.cc/gjBCg2L4/DSCN9648.jpg
Boat should have been a coracle or something:
https://i.postimg.cc/76HjD2gm/DSCN9651.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NGVCCVPN/DSCN9652.jpg
And what made me laugh, padlocked:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN9659_zpsl8tn3fuv.jpg
Now how you gonna break into there?
Challenged the camera:
https://i.postimg.cc/63qzYLVJ/DSCN9653.jpg
Seem to be some quite large areas like this along the coast, large stretches of water just in from the sea:
https://i.postimg.cc/j2JcrxkM/DSCN9657.jpg
Still, didn't stop here for anything of interest, so this was a bonus I suppose. Too hot to go into town.
Menton tomorrow. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Kris wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: |
Menton tomorrow. |
As in, near Nice?
Are you going to do the Tende pass?
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Yes, Menton near Nice. Installed in hotel now. Just an overnight stop here, then onto the Route des Grandes Alpes tomorrow - top of the tick list y'see. If the Tende Pass is on that route, then I guess I will be doing it - but hang on, isn't that the one on the Route Napoleon? In which case, did it last year.
I haven't taken my own advice in the end, and am doing here to near Annecy in two days Mid way stop in Briancon. Couldn't get booked anywhere in Annecy itself; the reasonably priced places, of which there seem to be very few, are solid, everywhere else is too expensive. So since the Ibis Budget in Perpignan was so good for a solo traveller, I've gone for that in a place called Gresy. After all, it's what you see when out on the road that counts, and if I can keep hotel prices down, I can keep going for longer
I've got two days (3 nights) there to do some exploring in the area, then it'll be a case of checking the finances. If all is good, it's either a quick dip into Switzerland, or head for the Dolomites. Again, also dependant on weather and my stamina. I don't hold up well in this heat, but if it's cooler by the time I get a bit further north, I should be ok.
Still bloody hot here on the south coast of France, but once again, I might get out on the bike later. It was a hot slog via autoroutes all the way here, glad that's over! Christ knows what I paid in tolls but just wanted that bit done.
View from the hotel room balcony:
https://i.postimg.cc/DzjRvzBh/DSCN9660.jpg
Or at least it was an hour ago; those mountain tops are lost in clag now, although here on the coastal strip, it's still sunny. If I look out the window in the corridor, in the opposite direction is a sea view - the hotel is above the town, but not far from it, a five minute ride. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Another sweltering day in Spain. We left Mataro and Catalunya in horrendous traffic. It took us over an hour to get a bit of open road and even then it was motorway for a while. This was fine as 37c in traffic is just too much. We both agree that after 3 trips now to the Barcelona area in 4 years for the Motogp the level of traffic is just too much. Don't think we'll be rushing back.
Anyway, we eventually got onto decent roads and the journey through Aragon got us smiling again. We stopped for a final drink at a roadside cafe and got talking to a retired Aussie guy on a push bike who had cycled from Athens and was heading for Inverness
Now that we've been air conditioned for a couple of hours in our Pamplona hotel we're about ready for more food and no doubt beer or/and wine. Got what should be a great route into France planned for tomorrow. We'll see how long before sat nav goes pear shaped again..... |
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^^^Whilst I appreciate what you're saying and I know it's none of my business and you're probably off your tits on jellies but that last comment sounds a bit 10-4 good buddy have a nice day ring to it.
Here let me show you BCF stylee.
Nick, which roads are the best for speeding on, which ones made your tyres squeal and in which country did you get a wee bit of air under the front.
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Nick, which roads are the best for speeding on, which ones made your tyres squeal and in which country did you get a wee bit of air under the front.
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Best roads? All of 'em
Ze French girls, zey are, 'ow you say? Foxy chickie babes
Left Menton on time this morning, i.e., when I finally got my act together. Hot and sticky to start with, so another t-shirt day (ooh, get me!). The mountain tops were clagged in to begin with, so the views weren't stunning, more teasing:
https://i.postimg.cc/VNQd7YjY/DSCN9672.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/zGmzNx37/DSCN9673.jpg
Coffee stop in Sospel, with it's faded charm (read fucked and crumbling ):
https://i.postimg.cc/MT0R0nN2/DSCN9665.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/yYpRT4Qd/DSCN9666.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Hxtccf8T/DSCN9668.jpg
Soon got away from the influence on the weather of the coastal belt, and the sun came out :
https://i.postimg.cc/Jzb1zjkL/DSCN9680.jpg
Sat nav led me a merry dance on one occasion, but road signs were generally pretty good, and I'd researched the route enough to know where I needed to go, and had the trusty Michelin map with me anyway. Was soon climbing the Col de Bonette:
https://i.postimg.cc/1RGh6yzG/DSCN9690.jpg
and the views getting ever more lofty:
https://i.postimg.cc/XqGWS5bt/DSCN9687.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Gm1CV9SS/DSCN9689.jpg
https://s20.postimg.cc/a195vow99/DSCN9712.jpg
But oh noes! Top of the pass still closed:
https://i.postimg.cc/CMHX5JvJ/DSCN9704.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SNgP7RbM/DSCN9705.jpg
Try going the wrong way up it? Alas, no :
https://i.postimg.cc/Z59w8LLG/DSCN9709.jpg
Stood contemplating it, I suggested to some old French fella that since there wasn't much there we grab a couple of shovels and crack on with it ourselves...oh well, got a laugh
Only lost out on a couple of hundred feet or so anyway, so no biggie:
https://i.postimg.cc/MTY563WQ/DSCN9710.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnVwc72S/DSCN9708.jpg
Merrily hacked it down the other side:
https://i.postimg.cc/rsm188nB/DSCN9720.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/N0kmmyWh/DSCN9721.jpg
but then the forewarned thunderstorms started to build, skies darkening rapidly:
https://i.postimg.cc/X7qLWgtr/DSCN9714.jpg
Then the storm pounced. I pulled in to don waterproofs just as the rain started to come down, quickly turning to hail and then a proper downpour. The thunder and lightning was all a bit close for comfort too; you could feel the tension in the air. So I hid in a tunnel
I wasn't the only one though, which made me feel a little bit better about it
Then more sunshine and dry roads for a while, so having fun again, until reaching the top of the Col de Vars, from which I could see I would soon be heading directly into the next one:
https://i.postimg.cc/636R0WX8/DSCN9724.jpg
Fortunately, it was moving along nicely, and I only caught the lightest of showers on the tail end of it
Oh, go on, can I just throw in one more gratuitous mountain shot?
https://i.postimg.cc/GhTDzgZx/DSCN9738.jpg
And now in a hotel in Briancon, nice mountain view from the window:
https://i.postimg.cc/nLpQFFM3/DSCN9747.jpg
Just got to check the route for tomorrow before turning in. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Home again after 3997.4 miles.
Elsewhere, after a previous tour,
chickenstrip wrote: | caned it back to the uk in one marathon hit... fuelled mostly by numerous coffee stops. Jeez, I'm never doing that again! |
Er....
Gresy-sur-Aix to Carlisle, 948 miles. Left Gresy at 9am yesterday morning, got back home at 5am today. No, really, that is the last time I ever do that!
Need kip, trip report to follow.
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From Briancon, continued on the Route des Grandes Alpes. Probably had the best of the Alpine scenery on this day, though not necessarily the best roads.
https://i.postimg.cc/q7qjLHdM/DSCN9750.jpg
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Barre des Ecrins, 4102m (13,465ft):
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The only place on the whole tour where it was actually bloody freezing cold, top of the Col D'Iseran:
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On the way down to Annecy, Chateau de Menthon:
https://i.postimg.cc/PJHwx1Xv/DSCN9809.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/x8Fn7S4j/DSCN9813.jpg
Annecy was hot and sticky, and the lakeside was teeming with people.
https://i.postimg.cc/SKpqHdD9/DSCN9818.jpg
But I still had a bit further to go to my hotel. As it happens, my route was to take me on a couple of the best 'riding' roads of the whole trip:
Annecy to Gresy-sur-Aix
No fantastic mountain scenery, but an excellent surface and just flowed from one bend to the next. Seemingly a very little-used route, but a great way to finish the day.
Gresy was hot (no, you don't say! ) and the hotel room had no air con, so all I could do after dragging my kit off the bike and up to my room was flake. It was here that it hit me that actually, I'd probably had my fill of the mountains for now. Also, the constant hot weather throughout was causing me problems, and had drained my energy by this point. So, with more of the heatwave forecast for the next few days and other considerations taken into account, I decided a little reluctantly, that for all intents and purposes, the tour was over.
Once I'd made that decision, I was completely focussed on getting home. This is how it always seems to be for me, and nothing but the quickest route would do, so I did the slog on toll motorways to the Chunnel, then motorway all the way back home to Carlisle.
A couple of thoughts: The Riano view is one I will never forget, especially with the mountains reflected on the lake in the still of morning. Although the Alpine scenery was more spectacular, on the whole, the Spanish roads were more fun to ride, apart from that last bit down to Gresy. Hairpin bends certainly do get tiresome after a while. Many of the Alpine roads had seen too much of the effects of frost and thaw, and especially around Val d'Isere, where I guess the traffic is probably quite heavy too during the winter season, the authorities were clearly struggling to keep up with maintenance.
There is nothing more depressing than a ski resort out of season - ghost towns, and without the vibrancy I suppose they'd have in winter, they are drab, ugly places.
Sat navs are ok...up to a point. I'm glad I took the maps too, as these actually proved far more useful for most of the time, and in the regions in which I travelled, where the sign-posting was consistently pretty good, they often rendered the nav totally surplus. Maps give a greater sensation of exploring for yourself too. As expected, the sat nav was very useful for finding hotels, and I appreciated it and relied on it totally to get me home by the quickest route available.
If it hadn't been so constantly hot (as Enduro has noted, up to 38deg or more at times, and never much below 30) for the whole time, I'm sure I would have kept going, either to Switzerland, or maybe into Italy, but it wasn't to be. So for the second year in a row, it was weather that finally defeated me, although for different reasons this time.
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I'd wager you'll be getting wanderlust again within a month.
Oh yeah...Bring back any nice dutyfree? |
It won't matter, that's it, I couldn't afford it now if I wanted to
I brought back photos, memories, and socks that stink to high heaven. Oh, and a Route 260 sticker ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 10:38 - 19 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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I've enjoyed sharing this thread with you, Enduro it was almost like having someone along with me, instead of being solo the whole time. I saw very few other Brits on this trip. Chatted with a couple of Canadians on the Col d'Iseran - they'd hired bikes in the UK to do the Route des Grandes Alpes; and chatted to a nice American couple I met at a service station on the way home - they were on a Harley of course but nice to talk to.
My Fazer also didn't miss a beat, had no issues or problems at all, except for it falling over that time, but that was my own fault for not parking it properly. As usual, it handled every situation beautifully, hardly noticed the extra weight of the luggage on twisty mountain roads, and apart from getting quite saddle sore towards the end of the trip, which was largely to do with the heat I think, was comfortable and relaxing to ride when I needed it to be. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Kris wrote: | Are you going to do the Tende pass?
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Just an overnight stop here, then onto the Route des Grandes Alpes tomorrow - top of the tick list y'see. If the Tende Pass is on that route, then I guess I will be doing it - but hang on, isn't that the one on the Route Napoleon? In which case, did it last year. |
Ah, I see, Tende pass in Italy. No, wasn't on my route. Is it particularly good then?
Having checked the finances, there might be another trip on the cards Not while it's still so bloody hot all over Europe though. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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