The scenery was unbelievable as we traversed the Col de Marie Blanque, the Col d'Aubisque, and to finish, the Col du Tourmalet. Hardest day on a bike of my life, if a car had appeared on the Tourmalet, I would have got in, no question! Today we rode about 15 km in total that were 10% gradient or greater, which was very intimidating, not to say very hard too! There were a number of ramps (8 or 10) that went to 16 and 18%, and without a compact crank, there were just weight lifting and not that much fun really.
The descents were fabulous, including one of 20 km and another of about 15! Again, I have never travelled at 60 km/h or over for 15 + mins at a time on twisty, swoopy mountain roads - great fun!
Some photos of great rural village scenes! Video tomorrow with any luck!
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