Heading home by way of Macon and Laon
2018 Part 5: Briancon to Macon When we awoke this morning there was barely a trace of the storm we’d experienced yesterday. The first thing we did though was head down to the hotel basement to check on our kit. Last night the hotel kindly let us dry our textiles, gloves, and boots in their […]
We really should have cut and run at Barcelonnette
2018 Part 4: Izoard, Vars & Allos As a point of interest, if you want to ride mountain passes, big ones, then alongside Chamonix we can’t think of a much better base to have than Briancon. This is the reason why we’ve stayed here so often over the years. There are literally dozens of fantastic […]
On to Briancon over the Glandon and the Galibier
2018 Part 3: Le Grand-Bornand to Briancon Like our ride from Besancon to Le Grand-Bornand a couple of days ago, our ride from Le Grand-Bornand to Briancon could be as short or as long as we wanted it to be. The fastest non-motorway route was 116 miles and 3 hours. Our preferred route was 6 […]
Semnoz, Revard, Saisies and la Colombiere
2018 Part 2: Semnoz, Revard, des Saisies and la Colombiere We really weren’t too sure what conditions we’d wake up to this morning. While this summer has been hot and sunny, up in the mountains this has often culminated in some spectacular thunderstorms. Yesterday evening we’d experienced thunder and lightning during dinner and the weather […]
Le Grand-Bornand via Valenciennes and Besancon
2018 Part 1: Bewdley to Valenciennes As with every tour this one began at the customary starting point, Kyle’s house in the centre of Bewdley. It was the usual straightforward motorway run down to Dover; M40, M25 and M20/A20, enlivened only by the need to filter through the heavy traffic on the mobile car park […]