by nickpannaman | Jun 20, 2018 | blog, France | Channel to the Med
71 miles ridden – 4600 feet climbed- temperature 32C We woke up to a beautiful day. The sky was clear, the air warm and sweet. At breakfast we were all moving slowly, getting in and out of chairs gingerly, and it was quieter than usual. Mont Ventoux had taken...
by nickpannaman | Jun 19, 2018 | blog, France | Channel to the Med
Here are few more pictures: I did a ‘Froome’ and ran up: This is not quite as it appears. As Sue and Julie approached we were concerned they would stop by the vans and not continue for another 100m to the official finish line so I ran back down to yell at...
by nickpannaman | Jun 19, 2018 | blog, France | Channel to the Med
39 miles ridden – 6000 feet climbed – temperature 30C (but not all the time) We know from those who have done this trip before that the day starts with a sense of foreboding. Today is short because those of us who want to are climbing up and over Mont...
by nickpannaman | Jun 18, 2018 | blog, France | Channel to the Med
58 miles ridden – 4700 feet climbed – temperature 28C Today was about stunning views and beautiful towns but we had to earn the opportunity to see them by climbing out of the gorge where our hotel was located. After about 1/4 mile we started climbing...
by nickpannaman | Jun 17, 2018 | blog, France | Channel to the Med
75 miles ridden – 3900 feet climbed – temperature 25C It would be very easy to focus all of today’s blog entry on the room we are staying in at the Hotel Belvedere starting with the jacuzzi in our private courtyard- but I won’t. We had a messy...
