Average speed: 10.13
Maximum speed: 36.07mph
Time in saddle: 6hr 09min
With my sense of humour clearly left 5km at the top of the yesterdays mountain a rather serious short legged cyclist with hardly any beer intake from the previous night went off this morning which involved a mere 30mile hill named the Col de L'Iseran (2770m).
So more sight seeing than spotting today with stunning views.
For all you animal lovers out there, a Marmot was spotted whistling away to a friend or enemy on a nearby rock, see pic.
Stopped in Val D'isere for a spot off lunch. With the waitress warning us that it was below zero at the top and probably snowing that really cheered us all up. Fortunately this to be wrong, by the time we got there after a further 10mile climb, the weather was just great. There was some snow left on the north faces, but not for skiing.
With the top of the Col being the highest point on the 'holiday' it must be all downhill from know. What differene does it make if it is up hill or down hill anyway.
Pictures were taken and pretty much done for the day. Big descent followed by a spot of tea. Oh, minor problem, France or at least this area still seems to be shut, not been open since we got here. Finding open places to eat is becoming really hard even when there sign cleary says 'open'. We even tried rotating one of their signs on a closed restaurant but the other side also said 'open'. What fun tney have with us Brits.
Final climb and a head wind to cope with and another day knocked off.
Feeling much better than yesterday, took it far more serious, eat and drank the right stuff.
Off fo a pint or two tonight to celebrate.
Pictures above include some stunning scenes from the Col de L'Iseran.
One final thing, sense of humour found once more and enjoying it.
2 comments:
am seriously impressed russ - the l'iserian is a proper cyclist's hill, am off to the pyrenees in a couple of weeks and the tourmalet is only a 22mile hill...
stewart
You know me Stewart, my little legs have power!
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