Today there were clouds ! Just light fluffy ones, but what a bloody liberty !!!!
Started off with a quick ride over the Pont Roman in Nyons
And then I plotted a route to the Limousin.
I was to stay with Rob and Mandy at
Rider’s Rest near Treignac.Kind of a home from home as they’re from Guernsey .
So the obvious route was through these lovely regions :
Ardèche-Auvergne-Corrèze-Limousin.
Never really done the Ardèche but I did the rest last year and it was stunning.
Some great roads to follow.Even some roundabouts were real corkers :
My Garmin XT was very helpful-even the text alerts were coming in handy :
The route though the Ardèche was stunning, if a little heavy on traffic.Basically follow the N102,though it becomes the N88 for a bit in the middle :
Nearly 6000 ft up, the temperatures were way down on yesterday, which was a relief.
Then hang a left and hit the Auvergne.
Did this last year and it’s unbelievable !! ZERO traffic, much of it new tarmac and all of it race track smooth with the added bonus of speed limits back up to 90kmh :
This is the best bit :
It’s so barren and quiet with corners so smooth
Bag a col or two
Then blat through the Corrèze into the Limousin.Lovely roads and scenery,but was ,er , making progress, so few pics....
Then pitch up at Rider’s Rest.
It’s here,so a great stop off in central France :
Book the Comfort Rate and you get a three course evening meal, cooked brekky and all the tea/coffee/beer and wine you can drink.
They have a bunk room for Yorkshire people too.
Plus there’s a pool and a barn to chill out in with a fridge !!!
Which reminds me.It’s beer o’clock.Bye.