hell of a blog man there some cracking bikes in that line up. did u guy camp or hotel. stunning photos.
Really, thanks! Looking back at it now it seems I moaned every day about something or other lol. I'm just watching all of Le Tour which I recorded on Eurosport, (bloody thing corrupted stages 7-11). So it is amazing to see the places we went through and the pro teams did too, same roads etc. A real buzz, what with the road markings and all that.
I only added a selection of pics during the ride and at the moment I am going through a much larger selection, coloring them, rotating etc. Then there is the videos to edit, still not finished off my TransAm ones from 4yrs ago!
We did a mixture, it was all pre booked and planned for ages. I started the project about two years ago and booked most of the places as soon as bookings were benign taken, sometimes a year in advance haha. So, the first week was camping and then the 2nd and 3rd was a mixture, leaning heavier on hotels, sometimes because that was the only thing available. We did cancel at the last minute one camp ground due to the high temperatures and the day been 80miles long with lots of climbing. (part of it on Stage 13 time trial but in reverse)
So we got to see the Tour a few times. We had planned to see it on Stage1, but after doing all the D-Day stuff along the coast, by the time we got to camp, and an extra 10miles odd each way to go to see it, we bailed. Stage 2, after a bit of a rejig of the route while cycling, we headed south on the route they headed north on. So we got to see them properly then. It was on a flat so they were going at speed. Just missed being on TV due to adverts and cutting back and forth between the break and the peloton. Stage3, we got to Granville as they were getting ready to depart, so managed to see loads of best cyclists in the world there. And the bikes, wow! I was really lucky with the route I planned as it coincided with their route a heck of a lot, just through luck.
Weather was mixed, some really hot day, some ok days and some cold days too, plus a huge monsoon on the last day in to Cassis, very dangerous, temps down to 14degrees in July! A bit like here lol. Glad you liked the blog and thanks for the message. Will be more pics going up on it hopefuly this weekend
