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Travel Blogs from Salice D'Ulzio
Briançon
... be there on the day that there was a parade through town; we weren’t quite clear what they were celebrating, but it was fun to see them all in costume. We enjoyed walking around the ramparts and seeing all the defensive walls below. We walked the entire way around the town and climbed up fairly high for a good view below. We could also see the other fortresses nearby on the various hillsides. We then wandered through the centre of town, ...
Col d'Izoard
... climb! When I saw the hill that we had to climb in order to begin our final descent down into Briançon, I just shook my head and hoped it was shorter than it looked. It felt especially tough after a major hill climb and 70 km of riding till that point. We were at the top in about twenty minutes or so and then it was finally a real descent into the campsite!
Since this was Mägge and Hile’s last night camping with us before they headed back home to ...
Col du Lautaret
... a full sized floor pump in the van which would make things go a lot quicker. Tan suggested I continue on up the hill since she would catch up to me and also since we didn’t want to keep the others waiting too long up at Lauteret.
I plodded up the hill and the views over the valley and of the mountain looming over us, La Meige (3983 m), were amazing and worth the effort in my opinion. Tan caught up to me in a bit and we still had a couple kms to the ...
The toughest bike ride of my life
... the corner waiting for them to return. I put my gloves over my eyes as there was a bit of a glare out but just before I did, I noticed that I was just across from a sign that said, "Defribulator – 50 m ahead"! Now is that ironic or just good luck? Thankfully, I didn’t need to use it….
People kept slowing down to look at me but only one person actually asked if I needed help! They must have been thinking that I was never going to make it ...
Col de l'Iseran
... 8217;t get to see anyone shoot at the targets. I decided I should head off and made another quick stop in Bonneval-sur-Arc which was rated as a “plus beau village”. It had incredible stone houses with amazing roofs. It was a really pretty spot to walk through even though I didn’t have much time. I continued up to a great pull-out with an excellent background and got out my binoculars to spot them on the road below. ...