Lourdes

heading out of Lourdes on the Voie Verte des Gaves

This is probably Pierrefitte-Nestalas, after Argeles-Gazost.

Luz-Saint Sauveur

lizard

The lowest dip in the distant ridge-line is the summit, some 10km distant and 1000m up.

statue comemmorating Octave Lapize

looking back down the climb

some very nice guys from the UK

the downhill road ahead

This poor guy is on his way up, I'm paused on my plummet towards home.

looking back

Col du Tourmalet

Another bike ride in the Pyrenees.

It took me more that twice as long to climb Tourmalet as Thibaut Pinot’s did during the 2019 Tour. But if anything, a slow pace only heightens the deliciousness of a beer at the summit.

Sadly, I didn’t get a single photo of the thousand sheep I saw along the way.

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