At the weekend and following on from a period of very hard work my other half and i decided that we deserved a few days away and since she was hankering to re-ride the Col du Bonnette again but this time on her own bike we made plans to head off in that general direction on tuesday.
Tuesday morning arrived but despite the best of intentions it was 11am when we pulled away and the sky was looking very gloomy.
We headed for the brightest area of sky which was the coast and over the next couple of hours rode the cotè de azure passing through St. Maxime, St. Raphael and on towards Cannes, that was when the rain started, lightly at first then heavier and finally when it stopped Madame was cold and wanted to call it a day. This was when i used my secret weapon "a heated waistcoat" bought from this very site, best money i have ever spent. Within ten minutes we were to continue
So two happy bunnies riding a great road can it get better ? well yes if you consider calling off at Nice for a spot of lunch followed by the only photo call of the day when we quickly detoured into Monaco (at madame's request).
With the weather now dry but overcast we headed up to Menton which became our plan B. We liked the look of Menton and after this trip (two days) would recommend it as a stopover if you are in the area.
Safely settled into the Hotel de Musé (Not a classy joint) but @ 45 euro per night you can justify eating well on the savings which we did.
After studying the map i decided on a route for the next day which subject to the weather behaving would take us over The Col de Castillon to Sospel for coffee a pretty but not too well cared for village and on to the top of the Col de Turini which i discovered is part of the "route des grande alpes".
To be continued.
Tuesday morning arrived but despite the best of intentions it was 11am when we pulled away and the sky was looking very gloomy.
We headed for the brightest area of sky which was the coast and over the next couple of hours rode the cotè de azure passing through St. Maxime, St. Raphael and on towards Cannes, that was when the rain started, lightly at first then heavier and finally when it stopped Madame was cold and wanted to call it a day. This was when i used my secret weapon "a heated waistcoat" bought from this very site, best money i have ever spent. Within ten minutes we were to continue
So two happy bunnies riding a great road can it get better ? well yes if you consider calling off at Nice for a spot of lunch followed by the only photo call of the day when we quickly detoured into Monaco (at madame's request).
With the weather now dry but overcast we headed up to Menton which became our plan B. We liked the look of Menton and after this trip (two days) would recommend it as a stopover if you are in the area.
Safely settled into the Hotel de Musé (Not a classy joint) but @ 45 euro per night you can justify eating well on the savings which we did.
After studying the map i decided on a route for the next day which subject to the weather behaving would take us over The Col de Castillon to Sospel for coffee a pretty but not too well cared for village and on to the top of the Col de Turini which i discovered is part of the "route des grande alpes".
To be continued.
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