Day 3 Final leg Briançon – Sevines- Le-Lac 69 kms

What a fantastic day!!

Beautiful scenery , sunny weather, but not too hot.

The Alps are stunning in these conditions, especially when most tourists have disappeared… (except old buggers like us! )

Cyclists were well cared for, and we had so much variation of scenery and surfaces.

A perfect day for air sports
Snow on the very top of the Écrins
A straw man; such detail!
Straw rams fighting
What a view for lunch
A bit of gravel piste by the river.
Winch launching gliders into what looked like perfect conditions
A panoramic shot from a fabulous quiet road cut into the mountain above the river.
Crossing the Durance before it entered the Serre Ponçon, the largest reservoir in France
The town of Embrun, on the cliff.
The view from our room across Serre Ponçon, as a storm developed.
Luckily there was a glass fronted restaurant in the hotel, and we enjoyed our evening meal as a spectacular thunderstorm entertained us across the lake. The roof leaked and the windows rattled whilst lightening bolts hit the lake in front of us. All this happened as we cooked our meat on a hot plate and enjoyed the show: just stunning!
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Published by Robkeene

Sue and I are both over 60 and looking to explore the cycle routes in France

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