This years Epic Summer trip

[Pudsey Bear]

Nah, let em find their own.

 

[barryd]

Today was fantastic but exhausting. So much ascent and descent. Its absolutely the best fun in the world but you might find this hard to believe but its actually hard work, certainly after five or six hours. Still never got to see the top of Mont Blanc. Did another chairlift though up to the top of yet another mountain. This time looking back over to our Mountain le Grand Mont about 15 miles away. I love the chairlifts. They are so much fun. Les Saisais where we ended up and went up the chairlift was buzzing. Lots of bonkers mountain bikers going up in the chairlift and throwing themselves down the impossible tracks to the bottom and then doing it all again.

Tomorrow we will so the Col du Pre again, Lac de Roselend and then a Marmot hunt up the Cormet de Roselend.

Few more pics and finally the video I took the other day of the Col du Pre ride has uploaded.

Michelles mountain (Mont Bisanne in the distance) she left me behind on and disappeared up like a scalded cat.















Col du Pre and Lac de Roselend video. Sorry if its a bit shaky.

 

[Robmac]

Brilliant Barry.

Love the soundtrack as well!

 

[Tim120]

Just started to read this Barry, superb stuff indeed, will definitely read from the start

 

[Tim120]

Now I know what rock gods do on their days off.

 

[barryd]

Now I know what rock gods do on their days off.

To be honest I could do with a day off from flying about the Alps so I can write some weird Rock god sh*t. Its exhausting.

I have brought my manky battered guitar. Never had time to pick it up!

 

[mark61]

It's the wrong bloody col (colle) though.
50 ish KM to far west.

 

[Tim120]

Too busy enjoying the lifestyle provided by being a rock god to be a rock god...

 

[barryd]

its the wrong bloody col (colle) though.
50 ish KM to far west.

If you mean the Col de l'Iseran its 130km by road from here.

We were going to go that way but there isn't time now if we want to catch the Etape Tour de France and the real Tour de France down near Alpe d'Huez. I've done most of the highest ones. I prefer the smaller ones to be honest. Generally better scenery, usually but not always better weather and I definitely prefer the narrower roads with lots of switch backs. Col du Tourmalet and col du Tentes are the highest ones we have done on the bike at around 7000 and 7200ft

 

[mark61]

If you mean the Col de l'Iseran its 130km by road from here.

We were going to go that way but there isn't time now if we want to catch the Etape Tour de France and the real Tour de France down near Alpe d'Huez. I've done most of the highest ones. I prefer the smaller ones to be honest. Generally better scenery, usually but not always better weather and I definitely prefer the narrower roads with lots of switch backs. Col du Tourmalet and col du Tentes are the highest ones we have done on the bike at around 7000 and 7200ft

No, not that one either. The right one for the soundtrack.
And as the crow flies.