Final day

Everyone was up early ready for the last push onto Monaco, once all the bottles had been filled and the bikes had been checked we set off about 8.30.

As per usual the Garmin gave us issues leaving town but once we made it through we had open roads for miles. 20 miles into the ride our so called GPS tried to send us through somebody's private road causing stuart to a puncture and ending with a big detour as we couldn't stay on the main road because it turned to motorway.

 We started coming to more climbs even though we had now got used to them they still dragged on especially in 40 degree heat, we knew the van had been waiting at the top with refreshments so we pushed on up.

 

After our break at the summit we hit some of the best corners on a long decent down to Cannes any motorcyclists dream roads.

Once at the bottom we headed for coast line riding all the way along from Cannes to nice taking in the scenery and the elegant yachts in the various harbours on route.

We arrived at our hotel dropping our bags off ready for the last 16 miles in to Monaco.

2 miles into the last part of the ride George buckled his wheel and Andy snapped 2 spokes.

We pushed on with one more climb up the coastal road eventually arriving at Monaco and finishing at the marina after 831 miles we had been in the saddle for 10 days.

We have lots of photos and pictures to put on the blog so please keep checking to see more of the trip.

 

Day 11 day of the climb

Today has been an all time high.

We left our hotel about 7:30 after noticing the garmin route had planned to take us over some un paved roads, so we rerouted our selfs down the main trunk roads out of town.

The Sun was coming up already in the 20s, the first thing we had to do was stop in Sisteron to restock on water and grab something to eat.

Setting of from Sisteron the roads had been nice and flat running through some very picturesque villages and landscape this helped to keep a good pace going.

Well into the ride we came up against our first major climb, this climbed for a good couple of miles up with some unbelievable views well above 2000ft above sea level. Once at the top we started to descend down some of the best newly laid roads ever getting some serious speed between tight hairpins. At the bottom we grouped and everyone seemed to be on a natural high.

We arrange to meet for lunch when Andy managed to snap a spoke in his rear wheel resulting in a buckled wheel luckily right near the arranged stop. Phil gave the Team a lesson on how to replace a spoke and with minutes removed the buckle and the wheel returned to new.

 

After lunch we came up against our second big climb, again this had spectacular views and fresh springs that Keir made the most of. A beautiful Ferrari stopped to take pictures of the view then accelerated away echoing through the valley then we stopped for a break and a Tour de France team Ag2r-La Mondiale car came past giving us a toot.

Again at the summit we had a cracking decent over 1000ft and across couple of miles.

This went on all day making for a really enjoyable day for all concerned.