Today we covered 250 miles having a look around the area south of Grenoble. Went through Gap on the way,then up the Route Napoleon to Poligny and then up the Col du Noyer, over Col (Uncle) du Festre, and over to Veynes and heading for Col de Grimone , Gorges des Gats (this has manicured hedges along the roadside - topiary is practised in these parts according to Steve, I thought he was being rude)
Col de Menee was next which didn't have more than 20 meters of straight road on it on the North side - we couldn't stop grinning for ages.
Through Clelles and Mens to la Mure over the Col d'Orno and a blast along the N91 from Bourg d'Oisans to Briancon. The area around Mens is smooth tarmac and fast sweeping bends - so a mecca for literally hundreds of sportsbike riders and you get to witness the craziest overtaking manouvers and hard braking into corners and scratching as only the French bikers can do.
Overall, the Drome area is very scenic - woods and valleys etc with single lane roads and nice and quiet. Worth another visit.
Things we found out today - Don't let air out of your tyres on top of a mountain without some means of pumping them up again. Don't trust anyone elses pressure gauge without a calibration certificate. Don't eat raw chicken. Always check your bar bill as you may have been undercharged and will no doubt wish to inform the bar of their error. Jazz gets on your tits.
(To make this all clear, we had a dodgy bbq whilst a local jazz band played and didn't get asked to pay for all that we drank in one of the bars!!!!)
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