The route I did was scenic and the climb was less steep than up the Lacets themselves.

It's too bad you're in such a heat wave. It looks so much drier than when we were there, even though it was almost exactly at the same time of year.

It's too bad you're in such a heat wave. It looks so much drier than when we were there, even though it was almost exactly at the same time of year.

I enjoyed the write up of the construction of the Lacets. It's still a ride I'd love to make someday.

Yummy mulberries! nutritious too...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_(plant)

Obviously Einstein wasn’t part of this congregation.

Well done, another big day! The meadows do look beautiful. We’re just starting to get the heat you’ve had (over 35 as we were riding today, and humid by rhe lakes. This really adds a whole extra level of effort! However we’re done now … and relative to your days, we’ve been done for a while :)

I think you’re right. I’ve never seen mulberries before and wouldn’t have expected a tree based on the nursery rhyme.

I think they might be mulberries.

Cool! Have to hold the steak with your fingers while you cut I guess.

Well-deserved rest day! I was wondering if you were going to catch any of the Dauphiné

They had a selection of knives with different sports, including cycling, skiing, hiking, climbing…

Love it!! I’ll have to double check but I don’t thing my Opinel knife has such cool engravings

This climb had the distance-to-Col roadside markers every km until 6 to go. Then it was just a bicycle symbol painted on the asphalt with a number—previously there had been both. We think the “borne kilométrique” markers might removed for the winter and the highest ones not yet reinstalled for the cycling season.

Ticking them off!