Hello folks,
Some friends and I did a great week in the Pyrenees this summer.
It was so good, we want to go back, but this time for longer - a two week trip.
On principles, our thinking is :
We basically did the above this year, and it was absolutely awesome !
Everyone had their own amazing holiday.
The general idea being
week 1
to start at the Atlantic coast, go across the northern "flank" of the Pyrenees, to the Med.
week 2
Then come back along the southern "flank" of the Pyrenees.
We have recce'd some roads / towns / hotels etc. Some amazing roads and canyons. We want to re-visit the best ones.
Aiming to visit Argeles Gazost in the mountains, and Argeles sur Mer (on the med coast), as well as Andorra. Then back via Pamplona.
So far we have 2 of us (both with GS 1200's, one LC one not) from the 8 who did the trip this year, 2 others will probably come, 2 others pondering ...
We would like to invite other like minded GS'ers to join us - see principles above !
I will see if I can do a trip report from this summer's ride, and upload photos etc.
I could not upload photos previously, so may need to post a link to them ...
try this and see if it works ...
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...53&authkey=!AK-gU49rpxukHfI&ithint=folder,jpg
So let us know if you are interested.
The idea being to assess interest and then book things up (ferry / hotel etc) in October and November ...
Cheers, JulesE
Some friends and I did a great week in the Pyrenees this summer.
It was so good, we want to go back, but this time for longer - a two week trip.
On principles, our thinking is :
- avoid school holidays
- drink lots of beer (in the evenings)
- stay away from tourist traps (ie off the beaten track)
- stay in good value hotels (circa £25 per person per night) - avoid camping as that requires a lot of extra kit / weight / bulk
- do the twisty roads with green borders on the Michelin maps (scenic routes)
- base ourselves in nice places for a couple days, do day "trips" of circa 150 miles
- a couple of 200 mile days to traverse from one "base" to another
- travel early (eg. leave 8 or 9am) to avoid the heat
- split into smaller sub-groups who are evenly matched on pace / stops etc
We basically did the above this year, and it was absolutely awesome !
Everyone had their own amazing holiday.
The general idea being
week 1
to start at the Atlantic coast, go across the northern "flank" of the Pyrenees, to the Med.
week 2
Then come back along the southern "flank" of the Pyrenees.
We have recce'd some roads / towns / hotels etc. Some amazing roads and canyons. We want to re-visit the best ones.
Aiming to visit Argeles Gazost in the mountains, and Argeles sur Mer (on the med coast), as well as Andorra. Then back via Pamplona.
So far we have 2 of us (both with GS 1200's, one LC one not) from the 8 who did the trip this year, 2 others will probably come, 2 others pondering ...
We would like to invite other like minded GS'ers to join us - see principles above !
I will see if I can do a trip report from this summer's ride, and upload photos etc.
I could not upload photos previously, so may need to post a link to them ...
try this and see if it works ...
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...53&authkey=!AK-gU49rpxukHfI&ithint=folder,jpg
So let us know if you are interested.
The idea being to assess interest and then book things up (ferry / hotel etc) in October and November ...
Cheers, JulesE
. i did put a little vid on the W/C section 
