Well, we came here to do it and now it’s done, today we set off from Tarbes in the morning and headed towards the Pyrenees, we knew we wanted to duck down, find some nice roads for a bit and then head up again so we could make our way to Andorra, boy did we find some nice roads.
We’ve now ridden the Col du Tourmalet (one of the main routes in the Tour de France, you know the one with all the writing on it) and the Col d’Aspin. It’s hard to describe exactly what these roads are like to ride and I don’t know if pictures would ever do it justice but… wow, I’ve ridden some good roads and I can’t really say anything else but these are now among them, simply amazing.
I feel so much better about this trip now that we’ve ridden these roads, I feel like I’ve achieved a personal goal and as ever with riding these types of roads improved my riding. I also feel so proud of Gen; she has overcome her fears and ridden these roads with me, it’ll give her so much more confidence on the bike now which is fantastic!
It seems we found a hotel just in time tonight, we got here in with sun and blue sky, I just had a shower and now I’m out we’ve got thunder, lightning and heavy rain, perfect timing to end an absolutely perfect day.
Cumulative Miles: 1,422.3
