An amazing day’s cycling taking on the epic Col du Galibier via Col du Télégraphe from the Maurienne valley, with perfect weather.
Col du Galibier via Col du Télégraphe
Adventures on my bike
An amazing day’s cycling taking on the epic Col du Galibier via Col du Télégraphe from the Maurienne valley, with perfect weather.
I rode from La Chambre to experience the remarkable Lacets de Montvernier, seventeen closely-packed hairpins that scale the side of the Maurienne valley. Also featuring today was a snake, a lizard and a balcony road!
A tough ride from La Chambre in the Maurienne valley up to Col du Glandon, returning via Col de la Croix de Fer.
I revisited the astounding Gorges du Nan, and then went to investigate the site of a major landslide that obliterated the RD1532 road last year.
Emulating a ride I did ten years ago, this was a 200-mile bike ride along the south coast of West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. From Littlehampton to Rye
This ride to from La Chambre in the Maurienne valley to the famous Col de la Madeleine, turned out to be more of an ordeal than expected when I found the first way up blocked.
Another ride from earlier this year. Cycling from Thônes, I rode two steep climbs up to Col de Plan Bois, in the Aravis massif in the French Alps. Beautiful scenery as usual.
Riding from Thônes, in the Aravis, I once again met-up with fellow riders of the Club des Cent Cols. This time we rode to Col de la Croix Fry on a lovely sunny day…
A tough but spectacular ride in the Alps over Col de l’Arpettaz, Col des Aravis and Col de la Croix Fry on a beautiful sunny day.
A ride in the Jura mountains over Col d’Evosges and around Hauteville Lompnes, climbing another 8 cols on this very hilly 70-mile ride