Idyllic -- and wonderful photos. Thanks for posting this. Did you have to pay much $$ to transport your bikes across the Atlantic -- or is "home" on that side of the world?
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Tom Harrop <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was trying to think of a title on-theme with some of the recent threads. > Maybe "Slow riders! Pleasant weather! Inexplicably delayed ride report!" > will do. > > This past spring, three of us went for a short tour in the Pyrenees. We > arrived by train in Girona (Catalunya), before heading up into the > mountains via Olot and Camprodon and then crossing into France at the Col > d'Ares and descending to Argelès-sur-Mer where we caught the train home. > > The route is called 'Pirinexus', and there's more information here: > http://www.pirinexus.cat/ > > We got really nice weather: flip flops the whole way! Generally we found > good places to stay too. We weren't camping but we tried to stay in 'Casas > rurales' rather than hotels where possible, which are basically BnBs > located outside the main towns, e.g. on (converted) farms, sometimes with a > historical aspect. In particular, the places on the Spanish side were > excellent. > > The route itself started on a nice gravel path for the first day and then > was mainly on-road afterwards. GPS was essential because signage is patchy > and there are some parts of the route that are definitely not finished, and > you end up pushing your bike up a steep goat track or getting your feet wet > crossing a river. I personally thought this added to the amusement, my > companions were not entirely convinced! The on road bits were mostly low > traffic. Consistent with the nicer towns, food and accommodation on the > Spanish side, the Catalan/Spanish drivers were more courteous too. The only > other bike traffic we saw was an organised race somewhere near Girona and a > few roadies enjoying the climbs: there was literally no one else who > appeared to be touring. > > I was on my 68 cm Bombadil, Cat was on her 54 cm Homer and our friend from > back home hired a bike in Girona (as an aside: they gave her a touring > bike, but it had 30 mm tyres pumped up to about 4 billion PSI. Sigh. She > didn't mind though). > > Absolutely stunning scenery riding up through green Catalunya and the > initial descent on the French side was breathtaking too. Here's the flickr > album: https://flic.kr/s/aHskeLjRQB > > Thanks for reading! > > Tom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
