This looks like a great adventure!
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote:
Suh-weet! Climbing in those mountain sure gives opportunity to stare
at your pur-ah-knees! Thanks for the report and pics.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 8:32:34 AM UTC-6, Tom Harrop 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
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