Day 8 - hitting the high point ... what an Adventure Col del Sommeiller is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.993m (9,819ft) above the sea level, located in the Alpi Cozie between the Italian and French border. It's one of the highest roads of Europe. This beautiful 26 kilometre climb above Bardonecchia has it all: hairpins, alpine dams, a lake at the summit, and views to die for! Awoke at 5.50 it was still dark the half sleeping tablet worked what ...

Free camping with the French! Starting the day at the end for a change I am beside a lake de rousses at altitude on the Swiss border free camping with the French - a strange turn of events brought me here. However what an experience and I’m glad I am here. Beside me was one of the millions of French camper vans. Sat at the picnic table were Xavier Bonnet & Valerie Bonnet with their daughter Lucy who is a craft wood worker in Switzerland, they come from ...

Another reason to bail yesterday it was getting slippery as (yes still trying to justify my decision as do not like leaving projects unfinished) ... and did I also say it was raining. With less than 500 km to get to the Switzerland HU meeting for Thursday at 1 pm, going to take my time might even have a day off riding...! Arriving camping ⛺️... I slowly ride into the small camp site as a man was walking up the road showing some folk to their site, he had an ...

TET France 190 km Transport stage - sentier terminé ! I awoke early to the sound of a cockerel

Day 6 - lazy days - finally started TET Just looked at my GPS and cannot believe I only rode only 135 km today it felt like much more. However as my good friend Ronny said it was fun and was off rd or single track either bitumen or dirt surface though. According to the trail linesman who created the route allow two weeks to complete 3000 km that’s 214 km a day! Suppose that’s doable given I did not start till well after 1 pm ... and I did have several stops ...