Sure, I’m nonetheless right here. I do know I haven’t posted in a very long time. Sorry. I’m nonetheless driving. However for numerous causes this yr it’s been primarily from dwelling.
Wooohoo! A wonderful trip at the hours of darkness freezing chilly to see the dawn with my nice mates Richard and Tim.
An excellent dawn trip requires an unimpeded view in the direction of the dawn. The aim is all the time to reach at the least 10 minutes earlier than the dawn to benefit from the altering sky. It was chilly and windy so we have been closely dressed and all had bike lights prepared for this beautiful 12.7 kilometre climb on a quiet Jura mountain forest highway.
The climb to La Barillette is the third highest paved highway within the Juras. There’s a Swisscom communication tower and a Skyguide aviation radar tower on the high. It has an unimpeded summit view south: instantly beneath is Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) and within the distance the Alps. Good!
We cheerfully climbed this beautiful highway, chatted a bit, breathed closely lots. The trouble stored us heat.
There was a powerful Bise (north wind) on the summit and we have been chilly as soon as we stopped pedalling so we have been impatient for the solar to rise. However what a terrific view: Mont Blanc was so clear within the distance, excessive above the clouds. And an orange glow.
After which the solar peeked over the Alps. I want I used to be a greater photographer and knew how you can totally seize the intense lighting, and so on. However the first few seconds of the solar was wonderful. Tim was an ideal mannequin and allowed me to yell at him as he rode posed.
It’s great when a loopy concept works out so properly. Thanks for the good firm. That is my fourth dawn trip with Tim, and my second with Richard. We now have already begun brainstorming a great candidate for subsequent yr.
For different dawn rides see:
- Cime de la Bonette
- Grand Colombier
- Mont Ventoux
- Mont Salève
- Col du Galibier
Ventoux
Bonette
Grand Colombier
Grand Colombier
Galibier
Mont Salève