Index

2013 - Pyrenees

People

1. Mike Booth
2. Sue Booth
3. Roger Spurr
4. Marylin Spurr
5. Tom Ingram
6. Jenny Ingram
7. Keith Portlock
8. Kirby James

Actual Route Ridden

The plan allowed for a range of routes to be taken - this was just as well as many of the high passes were still covered in deep snow.

The following links show Kirby's route.

Photos

Click on a photo to enlarge

2013 Trip to France

Links

• Steep Hill TV
  • Soulor Col d'Aubisque - Thu 30 May
  • High Pyrenees; Col du Tourmalet - Sat 1 June
  • Ariege - Thu 4 June
  • Crouzette - Tue 4 June
  • Foix - Sat 6 June
  • Col d'Agnes
  • Ax-les-Thermes
• Voie verte des Gaves
• Suze's blog
  • 2011
  • 2012

People

1. Mike Booth
2. Sue Booth
3. Keith Portlock
4. Jenny Ingram
5. Tom Ingram
6. Marilyn Spurr
7. Roger Spurr
8. Kirby James
9. Marianne James (one day)

Overnight Stops

• Thu 23 May: Train to Gravesend
• Fri 24 May: Depart Gravesend

• Sat 25 May: Arrive in Bayonne, explore and stay in Anglet
• Sun 26 May: Ride from Anglet to St Jean Pied de Port
• Mon 27 May: Ride from St Jean Pied de Port to Tardets-Souholus (night 1 of 2)
• Tue 28 May: Explore the Karst Country and return to Tardets-Souholus (night 2 of 2)
• Wed 29 May: Ride from Tardets-Souhous to Laruns
• Thu 30 May: Ride from Laruns to Argeles-Gazost (night 1 of 2)
• Fri 31 May: Explore and return to Argeles-Gazost (night 2 of 2)
• Sat 1 June: Ride from Argeles-Gazost to Bagneres de Bigorre
• Sun 2 June: Ride from Bagneres de Bigorre to Ore
• Mon 3 June: Ore to Saint Girons (night 1 of 2)
• Tue 4 June: Saint Girons (night 2 of 2)
• Wed 5 June: Saint Girons to Foix (night 1 of 2)
• Thu 6 June: Explore and return to Foix (night 2 of 2)
• Fri 7 June: Foix to Castelnaudary
• Sat 8 June: Castelnaudary to Toulouse
• Sun 9 June: Explore Toulouse and catch Bus.

• Mon 10 June: Arrive Gravesend
• Mon 10 June: Train to Exeter

Maps and Routes

The table below shows some sample routes between overnight stops. On many days it will be possible to choose from a number of rides of varying difficulty.

Against each ride is shown its length (in kilometres) and total climb (in metres). Also shown is the Effective Distance which is the actual distance plus 5 km for each 100 m climbed. This can be used to gauge the relative difficulty of each ride.

Links against each ride allow you to access

• a GPX file of the route (of interest to GPS users),
• the route overlaid on a range of 'Openlayers' maps - which include the locations of key points, and
• the route overlaid on Google maps from Bikehike - these include an altitude profile.

On the 'Openlayers' maps there is a '+' sign in the top right hand corner. Clicking on this allows you to switch between a range of different map backgrounds.

Significant points on each route are marked with a star.

2013 Plan

• Pronunciation of Place Names

2011 & 2012

For comparison the equivalent values for the Dordogne & Provence/Cevennes trips were ...

Accommodation

• Sat 25 May: Bayonne/Biarritz (1 night)

Auberge de Jeunesse
19, route des Vignes
64600
Anglet
web site
map

• Sun 26 May: St Jean Pied de Port (1 night)

Gite Zazpiak Bat
13 bis Route Marechal Harispe
64220
St-Jean-Pied-de-Port
web site
map

• Mon 27 May: Tardets-Souholus (night 1 of 2)
• Tue 28 May: Tardets-Souholus (night 2 of 2)

Hotel Piellenia
Place Centrale
64470
Tardets Sorholus
web site
map

• Wed 29 May: Laruns (1 night)

Casa Paulou (Chambre d'Hotes et Gite)
6 Rue du Bourg Neuf Claa
64440 
Laruns
web site
map

• Thu 30 May: Argeles-Gazost (night 1 of 2)
• Fri 31 May: Argeles-Gazost (night 2 of 2)

Hotel Beau Site
10 rue du Capitaine Digoy 
65400 
Argeles Gazost
web site
map

• Sat 1 June: Bagneres de Bigorre (1 night)

Hotel de la paix
9 rue de la Republique 
65200
Bagneres-de-Bigorre
web site
map

• Sun 2 June: Saint Bertrand de Comminges (1 night)

L'Oreiller D'Hadrien 
8, Rue du lac 31510 
Ore
web site
map

• Mon 3 June: Saint Girons (night 1 of 2)
• Tue 4 June: Saint Girons (night 2 of 2)

Hotel le Valier
29 Avenue d'Aulot
09200 
Saint Girons
web site
map

• Wed 5 June: Foix (night 1 of 2)
• Thu 6 June: Foix (night 2 of 2)

Hotel Eychenne
11, rue Peyrevidal
09000 
Foix
web site
map

• Fri 7 June: Castelnaudary (1 night)

Hotel Restaurant du Centre et du Lauragais
31, Cours de la Republique
11400
Castelnaudary
web site
map

• Sat 8 June: Toulouse (or just outside?) (1 night)

Garden Hotel
81 Boulevard Gabriel Koenigs
31300 
Toulouse
web site
map