Day 8: Tue 22nd June 2010 Ride: Etreaupont to Bewdley – 359 miles After a pleasant night at the Clos de Montvinage it was time to get home. There was no sign of Bob or Pete and Gaz said he would wait for them. Phil was ready first and decided to . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Etreaupont to Bewdley
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Day 8: Mon 21st June 2010 Ride: Grenoble to Etreaupont – 595 miles As on 3 previous tours we had decided to make our final stop the hotel Le Clos de Montvinage in Etreaupont. For Cat, Kyle and Phil this dictated a long ride mostly up the French motorway system . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Grenoble to Etreaupont & Dijon to Etreaupont Day 7: Sun 20th June 2010 Ride: Madeleine, Telegraphe & Galibier – 187 miles Cat, Kyle and Phil – Chamonix to Grenoble Although we had a pleasant evening the day before, the one thing that hadn’t improved was the weather. A regular check of the Internet forecasts told us that . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Madeleine, Telegraphe & Galibier & Chamonix to Dijon Day 6: Sat 19th June 2010 Ride: Col du Petit St. Bernard – 147 miles After a night on the pop no one was up very quickly the next morning. There had been a fresh snowfall overnight on the higher lower slopes of Mont Blanc so it was likely that the . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Col du Petit St. Bernard Day 5: Fri 18th June 2010 Ride: Col du Grand St. Bernard – 123 miles After a long day spent riding down to Chamonix it was agreed that we wouldn’t be going very far the next day but around late morning we got kitted up and decided in principle that we . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Col du Grand St. Bernard The B500 is a very famous biking road and today we were all going to ride it … setting off through Baden Baden we picked up the B500 until we reached a point where the signs offered a choice of routes to Freudenstadt – the B462 or the B500 also known as the Schwarzwald Hochstrasse, which translates to … . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Adenau to Chamonix via B500 On these so called “Touristfahren” days the circuit is open to anyone who pays the toll – and we mean anyone. Unless their bike or car or van is obviously not roadworthy anyone who pays the toll is allowed on. You could have Sabine Schmitz driving the ‘Ring taxi – a BMW M5 – or the biggest idiot on the planet driving a beaten up old van. All this means you have to … . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Around Nurburg and The ‘Ring Day 2: Tue 15th June 2010 Ride: Bewdley to Adenau – 531 miles At last 15 June dawned and it was time to start the BBOT 2010 Tour. Technically it had already started as Pete and Bob had left the previous evening to get to Calais that night. They didn’t fancy . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Bewdley to Adenau & Calais to Adenau Day 1: Mon 14th June 2010 Ride: Bewdley to Calais – 220 miles Waiting for the train … and on the train . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Bewdley to Calais |
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