The bike team assembled to have a tilt at the run up to the GIN Lunch at Florimont at 960m on the road up to Col de la Faucille.
Sadly Mark2ts called off with respiratory issues but he made the lunch. SO four of us, Peter D (leader for the outing), Stephen, Mervyn and myself, set off in bright blue sky from the Everness at 9.30am. Somehow the early start was chosen because of expected slowness. On reaching Gex up the rail-trail before 10.15 am we realised that we needed to stop for a welcome coffee.
Suitably refreshed (merci PeterD) we set off in higher gear and lesser clothing up the hill through Gex and then directly up. It was a case of just pressing on at one’s own speed. We found a route that avoided all but 300 metres of the main road and emerged all of a sudden at the Florimont at 11.30am, with 30 minutes to bask in the sunshine awaiting the main crew for lunch.
After a very fine lunch (see separate Blog), the bike team set off for the easy part. A run back to Evenness in under 45 minutes, down our up trails, through Gex, the rail-trail, and Chavannes woods.
A really great start to the bike season. Thanks to Peter D for suggesting it and leading us. I recorded 610m deniv, there and back from my house. And about 37 km.
