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The Sound of Cycling

High on a hill were a couple of cyclists...

1,187 miles (1,910 km) over 30 days from May 10, 2008 to June 8, 2008

Topic: Bicycle Touring
Categories: Tour diaries, 1-3 months, Alps
Locales: Europe, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany
Year: 2008
Keywords: France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austia

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2820

Status: Completed Jun 2008
Last updated: Saturday June 28, 2008 07:48 UTC -08:00 (edited Tue 10 Mar 2009 13:42 UTC -08:00)
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Richard in the fog

Introduction: I blame Crazyguy for all this...

Where are we going?: The route

The bikes

Planning the trip: More spreadsheets than you can throw a stick at!

Preparing for the off

January: Oops - a slight setback

February: Back in the saddle...kind of!

March: Back on my feet again!

April: Carpe Diem!!

May!: Countdown....

Updates from the road

Toulouse to Aix en Provence: 310 miles

Aix to Grenoble: 197 miles (507 total)

Grenoble to Muerren: 255 miles (760 total)

Muerren to Innsbruck: 290 miles (1050 total)

Innsbruck to Salzburg: 137 miles (1187 total)

The trip!

France

The night before the big day!

Goodbye, Farewell, Aufwiedersehen, Adieu: London to Toulouse

Fa...a long, long way to go...: Toulouse to Castelnaudary

The stuff of fairytales: Castelnaudary to Carcassonne

Re - a drop of golden sun: Carcassonne to Beziers

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...: Beziers to Montpellier

A particularly bad case of wind: Montpellier to Arles

Cyclists Provencals: Arles to Aix en Provence

A trip down memory lane: A rest day in Aix en Provence

Into the hills: Aix to Sault

Col-tastic: Sault to Remuzat

Up with the eagles: Remuzat to Die

The agony and ecstasy of cycle touring: Die to Grenoble

Chilling out in the sunshine: A day off in Grenoble

Cycling through the sunshine: Grenoble to Aix les Bains

Switzerland

Searching for a sign: Aix les Bains to Geneva

Lakeside: Geneva to Vevey

Raindrops on roses, cyclists and pretty much everything else: Vevey to Chateau d'Oex

These are a few of my favourite miles: Chateau d'Oex to Interlaken and Muerren

Yodelaydeeeee: Chilling out at the top of the world

Climb every mountain: Muerren to Luzern

Hill dodging...: Luzern to Rapperswil

Liechtenstein

TeamRamsden gets reinforcements: Rapperswil to Feldkirch

Austria

In the land of Edelweiss: Feldkirch to Dalaas

Carry on up the Arlberg: Dalaas to Landeck

Following the river: Landeck to Innsbruck

Resting tired legs: A day off in Innsbruck

What? Still no sunshine?: Innsbruck to Kufstein

Germany

The last long day: Kufstein to Bad Reichenhall

And back into Austria for the final furlong

We made it!!: Bad Reichenhall to Salzburg

Home....: Salzburg to Yorkshire

And finally....

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