Above Alpe d'Huez, the Route des Lacs climbs over 200 metres higher via Col du Poutran to the beautiful Lac Besson at 2073 m
I revisited the wonderful Gorges du Nan, and then went to investigate the site of a major landslide that obliterated the RD1532 road.
A 200-mile bike ride on a hot day, featuring the south coast of West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. From Littlehampton to Rye
Cycling to the legendary Tunnel du Parpaillon from Embrun — a tough gravel climb to one of the Alps’ most mythical passes.
A 62-mile (100km) cycling loop of Lac de Serre-Ponçon, incorporating Col de Pontis and Col Lebraut, on a baking hot sunny day