No other team members were able to play so it meant I was on my own...... so off I went.
Warm enough to ride with summer gloves and visor up at a sedate speed.
A bimble of about 1,5hrs and 70kms gets me to Col d'Aspin out of Lourdes and paralleling the Pyrénées.
On the way my xt turned 90
It stared cooling a bot on approach to the col......but not enough to jettison summer gloves......great views and twisties.
To the left you can see the summit of Pic du Midi.
At bit more zoom and you can see the observatory
Nearing the summit
A stop at the summit lets you see down to Arreau
Pick up fuel outside Arreau at a card only station and ride 30mins or so to St Car Soulan ski station. Here you can have a coffee in the sun in an alpine feeling village.
I'll head up along twisties to the Bielsa Tunnel in the direction of the mountain in the image.
I snort up along the twisties being mindful of any black ice there may be in the cold shade.
The short run up to the tunnel is a great wee blast.
Bottom RHS.
Oh look..... a chapel for the heathens on Easter Sunday
Once up to height and out from the water run off tunnels you're met with this awesome sight. A massive wall of mountain.
A Renault 4 was there too.
Balls of snow melt
Skiers had been paying too
,
...better than grey blighty 
