Gorging Ourselves in France ...Then Basquing in the Pyrenees - 2023 - CycleBlaze

Gorging Ourselves in France ...Then Basquing in the Pyrenees - 2023

Kirsten & Lyle's Tour of France's River Gorges and the Spanish Pyrenees

By Lyle McLeod & Kirsten Kaarsoo
2,804 km (1,741 miles) over 73 days between Apr. 17, 2023 and Jun. 28, 2023

The Plan and Acknowledgments

The Grand Plan heart 17
To Those who Came Before Us... heart 14
Maintenance, Packing and Other Fun Stuff heart 22

The Journey Begins

Day 1 - Travel Day - Calgary to Paris heart 71
Day 2 - Puttering in Paris heart 63
Day 3 - Still Puttering in Paris heart 69
Day 4 - Train-ing from Paris to Lyon heart 46
Day 5 -Lyon to Annecy heart 123
Day 6 - Annecy to Aix les Bains heart 169
Day 7 - Aix les Bain to St Pierre d’Entremont heart 152
Day 8 - St Pierre d’Entremont to Grenoble heart 206
IT Issues heart 11
Day 9 - Grenoble to Pont en Royans heart 194
Day10 - Day Ride to Combe Laval heart 174
Day 11 - Day Ride to Gorges du Nan heart 85
Day 12 - Pont en Royans to Valence heart 74
Day 13 - Domestique en Valence heart 39
Day 14 - Valence to Bourg Saint Andéol heart 37
Day 15 - Bourge Saint Andéol to Vaison la Romaine heart 96
Day 16 - Exploring Vaison la Romaine heart 63
Day 17 Vaison la Romaine to Sault heart 95
Day 18 -Sault to Pont Saint Esprit heart 85
Day 19 - Pont St Esprit to St Ambroix heart 101
Day 20 - Saint Amboix to Pont de Montvert heart 39
Day 21 Pont de Monvert to Florac Trois Rivières heart 122
Day 22 - Florac to Le Rozier heart 162
Day 23 - Le Rozier to Saint Léons heart 66
Day 24 Saint Léons to Rodez heart 48
Day 25 - Rodez to Entraygues-sur-Truyére heart 48
Day 26 - Entraygues-sur-Truyère to Figeac heart 55
Day 27 - In Figeac heart 43
Day 28 - Figeac to Saint Cirq Lapopie heart 143
Day 29 - In Saint Cirq Lapopie heart 89
Day 30 - Saint Cirq Lapopie to Rocamadour heart 94
Day 31 - Day Ride From Rocamadour to Gouffre de Padirac heart 95
Day 32 - Rocamadour to Montignac-Lascaux heart 50
Day 33 - Montignac-Lascaux to Sarlat La Canéda heart 113
Day 34 - Sarlat to Capbreton heart 25
Day 35 - Capbreton to St Jean de Luz heart 57
Day 36 - St Jean de Luz to San Sebastian heart 38
Day 37 - In San Sebastian heart 26
Days 38,39 & 40 - In Bilbao heart 123
Day 41 - San Sebastián to Pamplona heart 53
Day 42 - In Pamplona heart 52
Day 43 - Pamplona to Uncastillo heart 104
Day 44 - Uncastillo to Murillo de Gállego heart 96
Day 45 - Murillo del Gàllego to Jaca heart 71
Day 46 - Jaca to Torla Ordesa heart 79
Day 47 - In Torla Ordesa heart 54
Day 48 - Torla Ordesa to Ainsa heart 150
Day 49 - Ainsa to El Pont du Suert heart 70
Day 50 - el Pont de Suert to Tremp heart 44
Day 51 - Tremp to Col de Nargo heart 127
Day 52 - Coll de Nargo to Sant Llorenç de Morunys heart 94
Day 53 - Hanging in Sant Llorenç heart 65
Day 54 - Sant Llorenç to Castellar de N’Hug heart 65
Day 55 - Castellar de N’Hug to Camprodon heart 97
Day 56 - Camprodon to Ceret heart 55
Day 57 - Ceret to Figueres heart 44
Day 58 - Figueres to Cadaques heart 48
Day 59 - In Cadaques heart 59
Day 60 - Cadaques to L’Escala heart 75
Day 61 - L’Escala to Girona heart 102
Day 62 and 63 - In Girona heart 67
Day 64 - Girona to Sant Feliu de Guixols heart 47
Day 65 - In Sant Feliu heart 35
Day 66 - Sant Feliu to Blanes heart 91
Day 67 - Blanes to Matarò heart 60
Days 68 & 69 - Mataró then Train to Barcelona heart 28
Day 70-71 In Barcelona heart 85
Day 72 - Barcelona to Calgary / Canmore heart 21

The Wrap Up

Reflections and Insights heart 6
The Top 5 heart 41
The Numbers heart 8