Afternoon trip to Col de la Bonnette

[miked]

Wanted to give the new paint job a test, so headed to the mountains.

On the way up to Gourdon.

Heading along the Gorge de Loup.

Heading cross country to the route de Digne.

Village of Coursegoules.

Bezandun les alpes.

Scenic route.

Love my Multitec.

Damn! left Prudence at home.........


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Going up......

Abandonned 1890 soldiers village.

Nice shot of my new Conti Trail Attacks, thanks Wally!

Not much good when the snow comes, no wonder the soldiers abandonned it!

The black is growing on me........

The former residents.........

Nearly at the top, getting pretty nippy.........

Don't you just love boxers.........

Top of the world, ma......

Posing like a haddock.....

Need more snow than this before I get the skis out, nice view of the road at the bottom.

Switzerland in the distance, I think.......

And I think this way is Italy.........

Gets around, does Napoleon........

There you go, my little afternoon jaunt, 300 kms, 19 litres of BP's finest Super98 and now I'm off to the pub.

Or what passes for a pub down here

 

[ebbo]

Don't you just love them roads

 

[Invicta Moto]

Great pics.

Amazing to see the Bonette so empty. When I was there there were quite a few bikes and even more cyclists who had puffed all the way up.

 

[Aidan1150]

You lucky lucky barsteward. It's feckin freezin here.

 

[Hustler]

You lucky lucky barsteward. It's feckin freezin here.

I'm halfway down France and it's pretty cold here at the moment.

 

[Dave56]

You lucky lucky barsteward. It's feckin freezin here.

 

[Ogmios]

ahhh...
Thank you.

was nice to drift off there for a few minutes... look at them pics and remember what the sun felt like.

 

[miked]

Gets cold here sometimes, freak snow storm just down the road last week

This is 30 mins south of Bonnette @ 2000 metres, roads been shut for a while, gonna be a good ski season