Galibier, Galibi-yeah!

An incredible day! Sometimes you get excited about something and when you see/do it will let you down, other times it will exceed expectations. Today was a day of exceeded expectations! I touched some snow, saw some art made out of hay, and saw a town that enjoyed a lot of wooden animal carvings. Ripper day!

Sore feet but a stunning day

High altitude fishing. Unsure what he was trying to catch but the view is worth it!

Such a stunning day weather wise, and a stunning climb to match (with a couple of other good ones as well). I had to give way to cows, saw a man fishing in a pond at 2,000m altitude, and have sore feet from wearing my icebreaker socks.

Surprise snow fall

That gap in the mountains in normally filled with the Madeleine

So the rain I expected to fall yesterday and overnight was delayed unfortunately, and also carried with it a lot of snow. The kind receptionist informed me this morning that snow had fallen to 1,400m overnight. No problem, over breakfast I make a quick change to the plan got dressed and ready. 

Doing up my laces!

Top of the Lacets de Montvernier

Interesting day. Started off amazing with the Lacets de Montvernier, then was OK over the Chaussy and up the Madeleine, then finished off amazing with one of the most fun descents so far. I saw lots of bikes used as decorations, a VW Combi gathering, and saw lots of roads carved into the sides of hills.

Testing the waters after tummy trouble yesterday

Nice day for it!

Well after a day of tummy trouble yesterday and not eating anything all day, today everything seemed fine. Just to make sure I only did a small ride and thankfully all seems well! Had a great day up to the Col du Grand Cucheron, saw Obelix (from Asterix and Obelix fame), and Rose sat in a meadow.

Two climbs to lakes, and sun!

Yesterday I ended after climbing the highest paved mountain pass in Europe (forgot to mention that), and today I have finished surrounded by famous Tour de France climbs. It is all going well! I climbed into clouds again, I saw two lakes, I got smashed by a headwind again, got pulled off a motorway, and raced against to try and beat the rain...again. But it was a great day!

Rain delayed but one of the best climbs to date!

Rain, rain go away...

Well today started out as planned, until it rained just as I was on the road. I waited it out before heading off to see the best dressed stop/go man I have ever seen, saw some famous ski fields (again), got sleeted on (better than rain!) and have a new best ride to date. So all up, after a rubbish start it all turned out aces!

Going to see Bernard's second home

It got a bit wet today

What an awesome day! I was tricked by the weather reports, eat some crepes, saw some random carved animals, met up with St Bernard again, had a hard time against a headwind again, and got drenched on the way home. It was just awesome at the top though and well worth it!

Not the best of days, not the worst of days

Umm, looks like a slight detour may be in order

Well today I was rained on, my front wheel slid out (twice!), was almost blown off by strong winds, had to make a bit off a detour because of a blocked road. I guess sometimes the universe is trying to hint a bit huh, so I cut things short today. But, the top of the Cormet de Roselend was just awesome even if there were no crepes up there!

Back on the road again!

Top of the Colombiere!

Well Rose is back on the road and to prove it she went over four (well, three and a half really) cols (mountain passes) and her new shiny wheel went well too! Today I saw about a million ski fields, a red and white striped bike, had a small nose to tail with a car, and saw a random place to try and sell cow hides. Interesting day!