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Day 7 – 15 June – Le Mont Dore to St Flour

Day 7 – 15 June – Le Mont Dore to St Flour

by nickpannaman | Jun 15, 2018 | France | Channel to the Med

65 miles ridden – 6000 feet climbed – temperature 20C (not trusting Garmin on this!!) Today is supposedly one of the toughest days of the tour. We were warned about the first 5 miles and actuality matched our worst fears. The climb started approximately...
Day 6 – 14 June – Aubusson to Le Mont Dore

Day 6 – 14 June – Aubusson to Le Mont Dore

by nickpannaman | Jun 14, 2018 | France | Channel to the Med

60 miles ridden – 5420 feet climbed – temperature 20C (occasionally) The weather today was spectacular – a few high clouds which made the sky interesting but absolutely not threatening. The road surface was generally great. Sometimes the wind was...
Day 5 – 13 June – Crozant to Aubusson

Day 5 – 13 June – Crozant to Aubusson

by nickpannaman | Jun 13, 2018 | France | Channel to the Med

56 miles ridden – 4450 feet climbed – temperature 18C (chilly) It took us a while to come together this morning as we were spread across 3 hotels. In fact we didn’t really congregate until lunchtime except for one poor soul whose navigation device...
Day 4 – 12 June – Loches to Crozant

Day 4 – 12 June – Loches to Crozant

by nickpannaman | Jun 12, 2018 | France | Channel to the Med

71 miles ridden – 3400 feet climbed – temperature 23C What a wonderful day. No rain. It almost didn’t matter what the scenery was like or how pretty the villages and towns were we had sun cream on and were dry. Fields look different in sunshine. Corn...
Day 3 – 11 June – La Flèche to Loches

Day 3 – 11 June – La Flèche to Loches

by nickpannaman | Jun 11, 2018 | France | Channel to the Med

79 Miles ridden – 2500 feet climbed – temperature 20C Wet! Wet! Wet! From the moment we walked out of our hotel to get our bikes until lunch in Langeais it rained. And in between the rain it seriously poured. No pictures today! Within our group we had a...
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