A Potter Around the Vercors.

[Engineer]

The D106 run down into Grenoble is a great road, fab views over the city

Cable car in Grenoble up to the fort is pretty cool too

You could head in Grenoble on the D106, skirt the city and back up the D531

 

[Apex]

This is great. The most excitement, or should I say...excrement , I've had all day is a passerby dropping his doggy delights into my freshly emptied wheelie bin!


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[Arsey]

Jean-François, mon host has kindly done me a map for tomorrow . So looks like I’ll head down to Col de la Bataille than explore from there

 

[wilbjr21]

Hôtel de Bourbon in Bourges .
Thanks . Yes loving the Harley. The four point docking system on the back is so well designed , allowing the rack and back rest to be removed or fitted in seconds . Same with the screen , though that requires a 13mm spanner .
It’s such a lovely bike to ride , forcing you to slow down and look at the view. The 114 motor just purrs at 50/60 mph yet more than happy to sit at 80 mph with cruise engaged if needed, the screen making it very comfortable.
Obviously you get the inane comments but that’s usually from the insecure muppets that haven’t even ridden one yet know they’re shite

Thank you for that. I'll go in September. Fuck the quarantine - I'm retired and you've re-awakened my love of the area.

 

[EVskiy]

Jean-François, mon host has kindly done me a map for tomorrow . So looks like I’ll head down to Col de la Bataille than explore from there

Must return just for that alone...

 

[harry the cat]

There are a couple of good museums at La Chapelle en Vercors if you’re interested in history, it was a resistance stronghold being a natural fortress but the Germans attacked in gliders and massacred everyone

The resistance museum is actually in Vassieux en Vercors. It’s not too far away and I’ve been round it. The cemetery at the bottom of the hill tells it’s own story of the brutality of the nazi’s with all ages covered from kids to those in their 90’s. Was their sacrifice worth it? The men of the Vercors were encouraged to take up arms by the powers that be in London, including De Gaulle, to tie up the German troops and keep them away from the allied advance. An unfair contest given that, just like Oradour sur Gland, they were untried ‘troops’ up against hardened fighting men, some of whom were veterans of the attritional fighting of the Russian front. It was never going to end well.

 

[Arsey]

Based on my host’s advice, tomorrow looks like this :

Then

And finally

 

[frosti]

Museum

If you have time to visit the larger Museum it is worth it.

View from there is very nice
You would want to spend an hour there though, more if you had the inclination.

 

[Engineer]

Based on my host’s advice, tomorrow looks like this :

Then

And finally

All nice roads and views but a lot of back tracking

 

[Arsey]

All nice roads and views but a lot of back tracking

Yeah but I have all day and the view can be totally different in the opposite direction !

 

[Micky]

Yeah but I have all day and the view can be totally different in the opposite direction !

Absolutely agree

Have a great day .... and trip

 

[Urban Rider]

How are you finding the hairpins on the RKS Martin?

 

[Engineer]

Yeah but I have all day and the view can be totally different in the opposite direction !

True, enjoy

 

[Arsey]

How are you finding the hairpins on the RKS Martin?

No problem,surprisingly.

So, to today.

Plan as above, except, instead of riding up to Barbières and doubling back and then riding up to Peyrus, I took the back route direct,so did this :

Set off about 0900,another lovely morning.

The sun just making an appearance over the mountains, but Rencurel and the hotel still in shade :

So,as above, I rode up to Barbières via the Gorges de la Bourne and Pont-en-Royan then over the Col de Tourniol

Then down the other side to Barbières

Then I cut over to Peyrus and up and over the Col des Limouches.

While the ride up and over the Col de Tourniol had been a bit tight and gnarly,the ride over this Col des Limouches was like a race track,with lovely sweepers and ultra smooth tarmac.

Then it was off to the Gorges de Omblèze via the Col de Bacchus

There’s a lovely restaurant/cafe in the gorge

Stopped and had a coffee and a pee stop.Did a double take as thought this old bird was real for a minute !!

Then time to ride back up the gorge and over to the Col de la Bataille for lunch

Lunch :

From there it was down the other side and off to the ski resort of Font d’Urle

From there it was back to base,via Pont-en-Royan for an ice-cream .

This also routed me back via the Combe Laval

Pont-en-Royans was busy !!

Then back to Rencurel via the Gorges de la Bourne

Rencurel sunning itself

All in all another lovely day.
It’s very difficult to convey the beauty and magnificence of the place in pictures.Like most places you really need to be here.
I’ve travelled all over France (and beyond obviously) but it really is right up there with anywhere I’ve ever been.

Final night at the hotel tonight.

Tomorrow I’m planning on the shaded part of this route that Wapping flagged up for Motorrad Tourenfuhrer or whatever it’s called :

So that will take me over my old fav Col de Rousset and down to Die then over Mont Ventoux.

I’ll see how I get on but will probably stop somewhere like Nyons as it looks nice and should work out about right, time wise.

 

[harry the cat]

Did you see the travelling circus crowd in Pont en Royans this morning? Campsite was rammed with posh caravans pulled by vans when we went through and one of the ‘acrobats’ was crossing part of the gorge on what looked like a big power cable. Nerves of steel!

 

[Engineer]

The Vercors is hard to beat for scenery and fab balcony roads, I've ridden most of them numerous times - The hospitality and location at the Hotel Le Marronnier in Rencurel is the icing on the cake (simple ensuite rooms, are more than good enough, if you can, get one with a balcony over looking the valley).

 

[Arsey]

Did you see the travelling circus crowd in Pont en Royans this morning? Campsite was rammed with posh caravans pulled by vans when we went through and one of the ‘acrobats’ was crossing part of the gorge on what looked like a big power cable. Nerves of steel!

I didn’t but I did see a guy crossing the gorge.Those lines are there for that purpose I think,as when I went back there was someone doing it again.

 

[leadfarmer]

From Pont en Royans you’re not too far from Hauterives if you want to see something a bit different

http://www.facteurcheval.com/en/index.html

 

[Tricky]

Stunning.

You are one lucky sod!

 

[Bounce]

It really is a lovely place to visit.

So how many food pics have you taken for your own personal viewing?