So after the Pyrenees i kept cris crossing around France, bit of Cevennes, Provence, Verdon, Haute Alpes, back to Provence, Vercors, Chartreuse, Jura then to Freibug to take a train home. Title picture is taken on the Montagne de Lure, Mont Ventoux’ little brother close to Sisteron.
Gorge du Tarn in the Cevennes. I was getting sick here again
Riding out of Gorges du Verdon to Castellane
On the descend of the Col de la Sinne, looking onto the village Ilonse
This is not some gravel track but the still closed Col d’Allos on my way back south after riding Bonette. Nobody around but two roadies.
Riding the prealpes, from Digne-les-Bains to Sisteron via St Geniez, very nice.
Vercors mountains look awesome, picture taken close to Die
Riding out of Vercors down to Grenoble
After Grenoble i rode through Chartreuse mountain range then down to the Lac du Bourget towards Jura
Second to last day, in french Jura, after that i rode to Freiburg to take a train home
Route of France section Part 1, Perpignan - Barême and Part 2, Barême - Freiburg
Nice! I rode the Portalet too, but from Spain into France.
It was a solo trip, and while i visited a friend and rode with him from Albacete to his home in Alicante, i have not met any other partners to ride along with for a while. Only at rest stops really met people. Kinda odd, usually i find some people to share a few days with. Still met really nice people.
I kinda started missing the loneliness of the spanish inland mountains on the second half of the trip. Although while i was there in the loneliness i was also thinking that it’d be nice to meet somebody at some point, haha.