Bewdley Bikers On Tour

  Day 8: Fri 4th July 2009   Ride: Etreaupont to Bewdley – 347 miles   Just like two years ago, today we had a short 130 mile dash to Calais – mainly autoroute – a ferry crossing to Dover, and then a final 200 miles or so of motorway to cover before we’d [...]

  Day 7: Thur 3rd July 2009   Ride: Belfort to Etreaupont – 291 miles   This morning the weather was dreadful and we envied Cat being in a car. Today we planned to the most direct route which was basically the D438 to Vesoul, pick up the N19/E54 to Langres, and then the [...]

  Day 6: Wed 2nd July 2009   Ride: Col du Ballon d’Alsace – 48 miles   We had nothing planned for today, just the vague idea to go for a short ride and find somewhere to have lunch. After a lazy breakfast we spent a cultural morning exploring the castle and Belfort’s most [...]

  Day 5: Tue 1st July 2009   Ride: Briancon to Belfort – 363 miles   This morning Cat was waiting for a man with a van to take him and his bike to Grenoble. It wasn’t clear what was going to happen after that, but if the problem was terminal he was going [...]

  Day 4: Mon 30th June 2009   Ride: Col Agnel & Col du Galibier – 136 miles   There was a full complement today despite another heavy night on the beer. We decided to head south-east from Briancon and ride over the Col d’Izoard and the Col Agnel and have lunch in Italy [...]

  Day 3: Sun 29th June 2009   Ride: Barcelonnette – 190 miles   Today Pete, Chris P and Gaz decided to have a day off and spent their time exploring a bit of Briancon’s history – and no doubt topping up last nights beer intake. Apparently at 1,350m Briancon is the second highest [...]

  Day 2: Sat 28th June 2009   Ride: Nice to Briancon & Cime de la Bonette – 147 miles   Despite having a late one last night we woke early this morning and were glad we did. As the train slowly makes its way into Nice for the final hour of the journey [...]

  Day 1: Fri 27th June 2009   Ride: Bewdley to Nice – 228 miles   Last night over a few pre-tour beers it was agreed that we needed an early start this morning – we settled on meeting up at Kyle’s house at 7.00am. It’s about 220 miles, or an easy 4 hours, [...]