First day in Luz St Sauveur
A tired day. The trip from Girona to Luz was too hard, so we did not try to get out riding early. Had lazy breakfast with way too much coffee, spent some time observing trouts in hotel's garden pond, and watched the cock keeping some discipline to his hens. Many animals here.
Got bikes from Ardiden Velos. The owner is an ex-architect from England, a real gentleman. The bikes are very good and light, less than 8 kilos even with pedals.
Had lunch. Not too many options here. All much more expensive than much better restaurants in Girona. Bought food from Carrefour. Etc.
In the evening, tried to ride south, toward Spain. But the road was too scary for me. Horrific gorges with only 40 centimetres of barrier at the side. My fear of heights got the better of me, I just could not ride that road. Luckily for me, the road to Tourmalet turned out to be less scary, no deep gorges there.
We rode up the road to Tourmalet for 45 minutes. It is nice, rather evenly 8-10% steep, with not too much traffic. Tomorrow, we intend to ride all the way up. I except to be able to complete the climb in about 2 hours. Let us see tomorrow.
Otherwise, this place seems to be quite dead. Very few people here, most shops closed. Nothing to do except to go riding and have a beer afterwards.
Got bikes from Ardiden Velos. The owner is an ex-architect from England, a real gentleman. The bikes are very good and light, less than 8 kilos even with pedals.
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| Getting the bikes |
Had lunch. Not too many options here. All much more expensive than much better restaurants in Girona. Bought food from Carrefour. Etc.
In the evening, tried to ride south, toward Spain. But the road was too scary for me. Horrific gorges with only 40 centimetres of barrier at the side. My fear of heights got the better of me, I just could not ride that road. Luckily for me, the road to Tourmalet turned out to be less scary, no deep gorges there.
We rode up the road to Tourmalet for 45 minutes. It is nice, rather evenly 8-10% steep, with not too much traffic. Tomorrow, we intend to ride all the way up. I except to be able to complete the climb in about 2 hours. Let us see tomorrow.
Otherwise, this place seems to be quite dead. Very few people here, most shops closed. Nothing to do except to go riding and have a beer afterwards.
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| Residence Chili panorama |
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