Marion and I are having an excellent start to our trip ...
Arrived Lescheraines today on day 3 of our France 2015 cycling trip. This is first day with WiFi so its time to do a posting!
(We won't post every day to everyone but if you want to see what's up, check the log link below!)
We arrived Tuesday morning Lyon, got the bikes assembled and were off on route to Corbelin .. 60km from airport .. Managed a pretty quiet Route through the cargo area of the airport on to roads running east. One big hill through St Chef which did not win awards but arrived at B&B by 3:30? In time for a snooze and table d'hote at 7pm. Very nice couple running this 'gite' which is a farm in the country with lots of animals running around .. Donkey just 2 days old .. No pic but hard to believe they are born with such big ears!
After a false start next day we found excellent roads around the canals of the Rhone and almost had lunch at Chenaz along a beautiful section of the canal .. But somehow we offended the Waiter and he ignored us for 20 minutes so we left. Maybe he does not like cyclists?
Last 3.5km was up into the hill side village of Motz .. Very nice Inn with excellent dinner and views of the hills and canal works of the Rhone! Met a very interesting German couple at breakfast on the way to a wedding close to Valencia Spain.
This morning we were all excited because we thought we were going to cycle up the gorge in the Val du Fier .. Only to discover that it was closed due to a land slide .. So our alternate route was a hill climb up to Clermont adding 15km and 250m of elevation to the day .. Putting us at 1115m total ascent for the day at an amazing 59.9km distance! That was enough and glade to be at this nice resort in Lescheraines and able to have an early dinner at the 'snack bar'!
Tomorrow the plan is to cycle down to Lake Annecy and around the western shore along the bicycle path before climbing a small col to Tournon outside of Albertville!
The weather has been hot .. In the 30s by afternoon but cool at night. By Saturday we will be in our apartment in St Jean De Maurienne for 7 days .. Looks like the heat will be gone by Tuesday!
