Category: Tours
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Round 2
I’m off again, flying back to Perpignan. I’m travelling much lighter. I’m sure the 4 readers of this blog will be delighted.
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Home
Made it home despite last minute box adjustments so that it would fit on the plane. I could have cut the box down earlier but thought I’d give it a whirl since the bike was basically 5 minutes away from rideable in the box. I had to dismantle it in the end very quickly (radio…
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The Med
‘Tis done. I rode to the beach with a stong tailwind in the strong heat, had an ice-cream and a coke and rode back with my reflecting a lot on this adventure and how stupid it would be to finally have a crash on the last ride (I didn’t). I did have a weird moment…
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I have a box!
Rob accompanied me up a short climb to a view of the Mediterranean this morning after offering to bring my bags to the hotel by car. He and Emma have been a lot of fun to spend time with. Rob floated up the hill, I struggled, then he rode me off his wheel on the…
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Flying
Had a nice chat with some Belgian cyclists this morning, one of whom invited me to stay to watch Amstel Gold race or LBL! A climb for nearly two hours kicked off cycling for the day, but it was so pretty and the gorge on the other side was like a postcard all the way…
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Plateau de Beille
I went up a little if the climb. Then a little more. Then “Oh well, I’ve started so I’ll finish”. It wasn’t hot, which makes such a difference. I’m also fitter and imagine a little lighter so got up a little better than when I started this adventure a little over two weeks ago. An…
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To Climb or Not to Climb
Thunder, lightning and heavy rain overnight but only spotting this morning. The head unit says it was 43km uphill but it’s a bit mad really, because I’m typing this half way down the long descent half way through that climb! It was mostly flat then a steady rise on a newly dip and chip section…
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Foix pt2
After an excellent lunch of a warm aubergine and carrot salad type thing I cycled up to the castle. Not much of a bike-infront-of-thing opportunity because the approach to the castle from the ticket office was vertiginous. It was blistering by now and I cycled through the very pretty town towards the hotel. I made…
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Foix
Arrived Foix. It has a big castle with hundreds of visitors by the looks of it. According to Wikipedia Château de Foix has been besieged many times but only taken once – and that by treachery! Currently having a light lunch in town. The railway line/bike path was fun. A lot of gravel but also…
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Rolling along to Foix
Well I didn’t get going until 7am, but that was still good. I’ve been following bike paths a lot today that appears to be another old railway line. That and cloud cover has made it a much more pleasant ride. The sun’s out now so a short stop for sunscreen and writing this! Maybe 90…