Hello all, thanks for your support and messages! We’ve made it over 3 cols today in 30° heat, the biggest of those just under 2000m (Rosalind).
We set off from La Clusaz at 9am sharp after another massive breakfast; Salami, Pain aux Chocolat, Cheeses (nice bit of detail for you blog readers) and Ant’s daily staple; a can of sardines out of his massive stash. From that straight into a climb up Col des Aravis. It was hot but the reward was spectacular scenery and a long descent down the back overtaking the cars at up to 48mph. Then it was on to Col des Saises - still riding together for a lovely descent through gorges, waterfalls and roadside vegetable patches. We’re in proper mountain territory now, not an A-road in sight/earshot - beautiful.
20 or so of us had lunch in Beaufort (Chicken Escalope, Pasta, Coca-Cola and Budvar) before we set of for the highest of the day’s Cols, Rosalind. Ant, with his incredibly expensive bike and his special wheels, made pretty short work of it [Ant shouting in the background: IT’S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE BEN] and Giles conquered his first big mountain riding with with ex-Mill’er Alex Thomas. A few people needed looking after through getting dehydrated today but those first to the top welcomed the others with linked hands forming a tunnel for the hot and tired. Then our final descent, a really fast one down to Bourg St Maurice where we are now, back in the hotel, washing our kit for tomorrow. Better sign off as we’re off to dinner and Ant has a lot of shaving to do.
Ben (Ant and Giles)xxx
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Ant - how smooth are your legs? Ben - how's your back after sleeping in the child's cot - Andy and me have just laughed ourselves silly imaginig a very long you curled up in a very little French bed. Giles - how was your first mountain? Not sure at all about your diet though don't suppose a bit of lettuce and macrobiotic foods would get you very far! Keep it up boys, try and get some sleep in (surely you're all too exhausted now to notice Ant's sleep ramblings...) and keep drinking that water! Tory xxx
So glad to hear you're washing your kit.
Exactly how hairy is Ant and why arn't the rest of you shaving?
Loving the empty shower over here in the morning now we're minus 3 bikers. Although I must say Giles no doubt wins the fastest showerer in the west end. Ben is a close 2nd and Ant... well, he's obviously been shaving his legs all this time.
Keep up the amazing good work all of you, hope Sue is being a champion. You're all so enspiring I may think of joining you next year. No promises though.
xxx Bash xxx
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