Notre propre(A personal)

Tour de France

et environs

 

Summer - 2000


 
From July 10 to Sept 1, my friend Katharine and myself cycled around western Europe (primarily France with brief sojourns into some neighbouring countries).  These pages are a work in progress, currently displaying a selection of photos from this journey.  In all, we covered over 5000 km by bicycle (traversing both the Alps and the Pyrenees) in the seven weeks. A chart of the individual legs (and daily distances) is included below

A Googlemap (showing individual legs) is available here



In order to minimise the size of individual pages, photos of our journey have been separated into several sections:

1.   The French Alps

2.   Annecy, Switzerland and N. Italy

3.   Monaco, Cote d'Azur and Provence

4.   The Pyrenees

5.   France and Germany

July 11 to 17

July 18 to 28

July 29 to Aug. 4

Aug. 5 to 13

Aug. 14 to Sept. 1


 
 

Trip Overview:          (highlighted words link to pictures)
 
Date From /To Distance
cycled		 mountain passes (alt.)
& other notes
July 10 Toronto/
Marseilles		 0 - via Air Transat
- arrive 10:00 am July 11
July 11 Rians 70 km - follow Route Cezanne
- strong tailwind `Mistral'
July 12 Aiguines 75 km
July 13 Thorame-Bass 104 km - Grand Canyon de Verdon
July 14 Col de Vars 90 km - Bastille day
- Col d'Allos (2247 m)
- meet Eric
July 15 Briancon 100 km - Col de Vars (2111 m)
- Col d'Izoard (2360 m)
- see Tour de France
July 16 Col de Mt. Cenis 80 km - Col de Montgenevre (1854 m)
- into Italy
- meet Robert
July 17 Seez 100 km - Col de Mt. Cenis (2084 m)
- back into France
- Col d'Iseran (2764 m)
July 18 Annecy 95 km - end up on autoroute
     (by accident)
July 19 Annecy rest - meet Steve & Jen
- meet up with Eric again
July 20 Col de Corbier 100 km - Col de la Colombiere (1613 m)
July 21 Chateau d'Oex 90 km - Col de Corbier (1235 m)
- Pas de Morgins (1369 m)
- into Switzerland
- Col des Mosses (1445 m)
July 22 Interlaken 100 km
July 23 Gletsch 67 km - Grimselpass (2165 m)
July 24 Andermatt 30 km - Furkapass (2431 m)
- heavy rain
July 25 Davos 150 km - Oberalppass (2044 m)
- Lenzerheidepass (1549 m)
July 26 Malles 85 km - Fluelapass (2383 m)
- Ofenpass (2149 m)
- into Italy
July 27 Razzes/Ratzes 110 km
July 28 Monaco 50 km 
+ train		 - reach St. Ullrich but much
traffic & rain causes us to 
return to Bolzano & take 
train(s) to Monaco
July 29 Port Grimard 130 km - enjoy Nice beach
July 30 Peyrolles 135 km
July 31 Sauve 162 km - Gorge de la Vis
Aug 1 Bedarieux >100 km
Aug 2 Narbonne-plage >80 km
Aug 3 Perpignan >80 km
Aug 4 Cerbere 70 km
Aug 5 Ripoll >113 km - into Spain
- Coll de Canes (1120 m)
- Coll deClara (880 m)
Aug 6 Oliana 115 km - meet Mako
Aug 7 Canilla 80 km - into Andorra
- meet Brendan
Aug 8 St. Girons 150 km - Port d'Envalira (2407 m)
- into France
- Col de Port (1250 m)
Aug 9 Barthe de Neste 105 km - Col de Portet d'Aspet (1069 m)
- meet Rafael
- Col de Buret (599 m)
- Col de Ares (797 m)
Aug 10 Betharram 80 km - Lourdes
- Grottes de Betharram
Aug 11 Ochogavia 130 km - Puerto de Larrau (1573 m)
- into Spain
Aug 12 Irutzun 107 km - Alto de Iso
- Way of Santiago
- Pamplona
Aug 13 San Sebastian 80 km - handlebar bag stolen
Aug 14 Vieux Baucon 105 km
Aug 15 Arcachon 120 km
Aug 16 Brive 30 km
 + train		 - Dune of Pyla
train from la Teste to Brive
Aug 17 St. Jacques de Blats 120 km
Aug 18 Chaise-Dieu 120 km
Aug 19 Anse 174 km
Aug 20 Lons-Le Saunier 125 km
Aug 21 Pontarlier 80 km
Aug 22 Belfort 140 km
Aug 23 March 140 km - into Germany
Aug 24 Eggenstein 100 km - Black Forest
- stay at Gord & Sue's
Aug 25 Eggenstein by car - car trip to Strasbourg
- Maginot line
Aug 26 Fishbach ~150 km
Aug 27 Blankenheim 145 km
Aug 28 Oostende ~8km + train - Katy cycles to Netherlands
- I take train to Oostende
Aug 29 London ferry + train - ferry to Dover
- train to London
- stay at Charles & Shelley's
Aug 30 London ~5 km
Aug 31 London - tour London on foot
Sept 1 Toronto - from Gatwick