Pyrenees and Alps Tour ...... Is this realistic

[Timnorth]

So got a tour planned for beginning of June covering Pyrenees and Alps , a lot of riding on twisty roads to cram into 2 weeks! ... Would be good to hear from anyone who has done this to see if I got it covered and if its realistic.

http://holygasoline.com/2015/05/24/pyrenees-and-apls-preparations/

Other tours for 2015 inc Scandinavia (Aug) and Morocco (Oct)

Cheers
Tim

 

[Buckit]

Depends where your journey is to and from and route you take. If leaving from South with easy access to ferries should be fine but may need to accept a couple of long days and odd motorway to clear the boring bits. Just make sure you keep hydrated, easy to forget on long hot journeys, and take care at altitude I got caught out in Switzerland last year felt crap for a good couple of hours and not thinking sharply for tasking roads. Consider taking ferry to Spain and return route via locations you mentioned should be around 1000m hope this helps.

 

[Simon_100]

So got a tour planned for beginning of June covering Pyrenees and Alps , a lot of riding on twisty roads to cram into 2 weeks! ... Would be good to hear from anyone who has done this to see if I got it covered and if its realistic.

http://holygasoline.com/2015/05/24/pyrenees-and-apls-preparations/

Other tours for 2015 inc Scandinavia (Aug) and Morocco (Oct)

Cheers
Tim

Your Pyrenean section looks great, but you could head up into the mountain earlier - try Lumbier to Isaba via Burgui then the Sant Pierre Martin pass - I don't want to do all the work for you . . .

BTW don't use 'du' in Spain , where 'de' is the equivalent.

Have fun - and send me details of the Alps for when it's my turn

Simon

 

[Timnorth]

Yeah sailing to Bilbao and got about 5 days in total of distance riding = 3days between spain/austria and then 2days on way home from Bern to Calais then Brighton