Todays planned route would take us up the Route Napoleon from Grasse to Sisteron before cutting North West across some of the Verdon region before riding the Col de Machine and the famous balcony road .. Combe Laval. First though we took a slight detour and had a good ride around some of the F1 circuit Monoco/Monte Carlo. Chaotic traffic we couldn’t really stop for photos so I grabbed a few low res stills off the GoPro.
After some toll motorway work around Antibes .. where Mark paid .. I just rode thru ;-) we started a wonderful ride up the Napoleon and it’s fast sweeper bends through amazing countryside not stopping until we reached Castellane for lunch just as the rain started. It soon dried up though, a refreshing down pour to clean the tyres and cool off after the last few days of 30 degree heat.
As we approached the quiet forested Vercors region with long straight roads leading to the col du rousset mountain pass we had the roads to ourselves. It was quite eery riding alone snaking up the valley to the balcony road at Combe Laval. Mark changed his mind about riding the balcony with 1000ft drop over the side of a small wall, but I figured I couldn’t remember the last time I’d accidentally ridden off the edge of the road recently, it’s all about positioning I guess ! So I went for it. Another fun days ride.
Night stay at:
Logis Hôtel le Castel Fleuri 16 Place du Champ de Mars.
.26190 ST JEAN EN ROYANS (FRANCE)
Good value Logis with good breakfast.
Ideal for riding Combe Laval in the evening or morning.
Gated car park with passcode.
Book early for evening meal in the nice restaurant overlooking the valley
( we arrived too late but they phoned a bistro bar who served us just up the road)
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| The planned route. |
YouTube Video Playlist. Select Menu of rides from top right in player.
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