Castellane & The Gorges Du Verdon 2010

[franco]

Went there this afternoon

Had the day off, so had a scoot up to Castellane with the wife. Went along via Callas, Comps sur Artuby, and Jabron. Nice day oot. Had a bit of fun with a DB9 and Porsche turbo on the way back...got it over 160kph but the feckers were still pulling away and the wife was digging me to slow down

On the D52 from Jabron

Small gorge after St Thyrse

Same gorge looking south

Wife checks oot the river below

Destination reached

Who needs a GS? There were four of these street triple thingys....

Parked up at the dam on Lac de Castillon.

Nice day, though thunderstorms expected later.

Back home at the gorge at the end of our road

 

[2 wheel humvee]

Had the day off, so had a scoot up to Castellane with the wife. Went along via Callas, Comps sur Artuby, and Jabron. Nice day oot. Had a bit of fun with a DB9 and Porsche turbo on the way back...got it over 160kph but the feckers were still pulling away and the wife was digging me to slow down

If you hadn't had the Mrs in tow you would have had them both.........a well ridden GS blah.... blah.....

Looks like a great day out, must get down there myself one day

 

[franco]

Even without the missus, they would have been far too quick for me these days Nice to see cars like that being driven like they should be, though the speeds were a bit mental for public roads....not a lot of traffic out there today though

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

Looks good , can't wait, Late August / Early September can't come soon enough Theres talk of riding to the col de tende, anybody done it?

Col De Tende

 

[Monty]

Looks good , can't wait, Late August / Early September can't come soon enough Theres talk of riding to the col de tende, anybody done it?

Col De Tende

Looks like quite a challenge, but hopefully a few in our group fancy it. I took your advice and I have asked Adrian if he is ok to "lead" a ride up there if others are interested. Hopefully that will come to fruition.

I too am looking forward to this trip. It would be great if Franco could give some good tips for places to drop by or have lunch or coffee too.

Cheers,

Matt

 

[Wapping]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203133

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Jabron etc

 

[Monty]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203133

#9

Jabron etc

Thank mate, much appreciated.

 

[Monty]

Now 24 people booked and paid on this, so looking like a good number.

 

[Ropey]

left Castellane this morning after two very pleasant night in Hotel du levac in the centre.... Its Bike heaven and soooo many GS's is unbelievable.... Mostly Italian though TBH... Previous poster is correct all roads are great in came up from Cannes and following day did lap of Gorge du Verdon.... Really great day, lap was 140-ish KMs round trip and today went Castellane via N85 to Grenoble and detoured of A41 onto D roads and found summer mothballed ski resort..... 30mins detour to turn around and head down but great spin... In Annecy Hotel Ibis Sud now.... ok but difficult to finf...

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

left Castellane this morning after two very pleasant night in Hotel du levac in the centre.... Its Bike heaven and soooo many GS's is unbelievable.... Mostly Italian though TBH... Previous poster is correct all roads are great in came up from Cannes and following day did lap of Gorge du Verdon.... Really great day, lap was 140-ish KMs round trip and today went Castellane via N85 to Grenoble and detoured of A41 onto D roads and found summer mothballed ski resort..... 30mins detour to turn around and head down but great spin... In Annecy Hotel Ibis Sud now.... ok but difficult to finf...

Trying to find what hotel you mean in Castellane, is it this one? Hotel LEVANT
http://www.touring-levant.com/accueil.html

I know someone looking for hotel accommodation, was it any good? price looks good @ approx £42 per night, Garage available too ....
You went to early, will be loads there in early September

 

[Monty]

29 booked in now, with another group of 7 in the process of doing so. This should be a good one

 

[twincam]

been there

went there on hol's 3y ago,fantastic place.
wish i could go..got to work,oh well,maybe next year

 

[lebowski]

Looks good , can't wait, Late August / Early September can't come soon enough Theres talk of riding to the col de tende, anybody done it?

Col De Tende

I rode it about 4 years ago on a fully laden Blackbird, it's a superb road, one of the best I've ridden.

Very well surfaced, flowing bends, so good I had to turn round and do parts of it again



Featured in one of the Fast Bike videos with Shakey Byrne, if I recall...?

Watch out for the tunnel though, very dark and goes from 2 lanes your way, to one lane your way, without warning. The first we knew was when two lorries were headed for us side by side.



Lots of local bikers use it too, gets pretty busy at the weekends.

 

[Monty]

Looks like we could be getting toward 50 people for this little holiday now...

Ride-out supplied by our very own EasyRider, and a slap up meal one evening with wine for 23 Euros a head... looking good

Matt

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

Shameless bump for this trip, only 26 sleeps to go, looks like its going to top 50......... you snooze you lose

cant wait for the chilled French beer and pastis chasers,

 

[franco]

Still nice here

Went up there last weekend in July, and took this just off the Route Napoleon you can make out the rock with the church in Castellane just to the right of the tree in the middle. Should be able to get up there for a day. Work will be manic, as it'll be my first day back after 3 weeks off

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

Went up there last weekend in July, and took this just off the Route Napoleon you can make out the rock with the church in Castellane just to the right of the tree in the middle. Should be able to get up there for a day. Work will be manic, as it'll be my first day back after 3 weeks off

Hi Franco,

It'll be good to see you there, any day would be good if you get there early you could latch on to some rides, The first Sunday (5th Sept) you may find most people on-site for the day as they get over the ride down

See you there !

Mark

 

[tommymoto]

Can't wait

I have got the routes loaded in the Zumo already!

Me and uncle are both ready for the off

 

[Monty]

Not long to go now.... We will be having a ride to St Paul on Tuesday, so any locals are welcome to meet us there for lunch if you fancy it. Alternatively have a a ride up to see us at the site on Sunday as most of us will be there.

Cheers,

Matt

 

[tommymoto]

Nearly there!

Me and Mike are in Grenoble. Weather has been great so far 29degrees. We are going to ride the last leg down to Castellane tomorrow.