Pyrenean Road Trip 6th-15th September 2022

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:27 pm

peeblezZ4 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:43 am Nice picture Andy. Croissants for breakfast?

Was that day Stuart, cracking weather so far

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:29 pm

Zed Baron wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:35 am Nice picture Andy weather looks good

Yesterday and today

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:38 pm

I’ve not been able to get the iPad to hook up until tonight so here’s a collection of things so far

B21 · Post by **B21** » Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:46 am

ronk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:11 pm Is the group stopping for an explore at suitable times or is it purely a drive?

Ron the main focus is the Pyrenees…so the trip through France is mostly a transit….albeit now on nice D and N roads and trying to limit driving to 3 or 4 hours a day max..Millau Viaduct is on the list to view today…

Big Bad Boris · Post by **Big Bad Boris** » Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:21 pm

Nice, I’d love to see that. Hugely impressive bit of kit that viaduct, I remember it from Top Gear

Enjoy !

earthdweller · Post by **earthdweller** » Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:05 pm

From Brive down to Millau via some lovely empty roads and stunning scenery done through the Lot Gorge

Crazy mad thunder and lightning overnight and last night when we were in a restaurant but only got caught for a few minutes in a shower today whilst driving

Bit cooler today only around 29*

Here’s a few pics from today

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:45 pm

Another cracking day, up a mad down both sides of the river

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 7:25 am

Morning

Church bells started at 6 this morning

tiglon · Post by **tiglon** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:54 am

Looks like spectacular road trip, very envious! Great to see the Z family tree on display too

B21 · Post by **B21** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:24 pm

Day N where N means I’ve lost count…Saint Leon’s to Capmany…two places you probably never heard off..

Saint Leon’s is in an area of ancient woodlands..

Great Causses Regional Nature Park Parc naturel régional des Grands Causses

Capmany is an old fort town a few miles into Spain..

Earthdweller had an interesting route through the hills, breaking the glaze on my pads and checking out bountifully that me new steering and suspension components are tickey-boo..

Lovely family run bed and breakfast in the sleepy but noisy village of Saint Leon’s..

A Chris de Burgh quasi Spanish castle for our next two days..

I’m sure more road and scenery shots from the day including the Millau viaduct are coming..

Car no 5 has had to pull out due to Covid infection yesterday..

AlienZed · Post by **AlienZed** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 7:30 pm

Nice pics ,
glad the weathers on your side ,look forward to more pics

M

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:33 pm

Its a pity you missed a visit to Carccassone which wasn't far off your route

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:31 am

Some from today on the way down to Spain

Great forest route from Andy

New tyres put through their paces

earthdweller · Post by **earthdweller** » Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:38 am

For this interested here are the route taken ..

Using info from “best biking roads” and the best I could find from proper paper maps

The natural parks were stunning .. fabulous roads akin to good flowing U.K. A roads and twisty B roads

Great surfaces and very little traffic apart from be big towns which we mostly avoided

Lots of positives from other road users .. letting us out, thumbs up, waves and slower vehicles pulling in to let us pass

All in all .. pretty good so far and I’ve whist kicked over 1000 miles in 6 days

The first part of the routes attached I did solo down from Roscoff to Saumur

B21 · Post by **B21** » Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:57 pm

Day whatever..Capmany…lovely little originally a Spanish Fort town to Andorra La Vella..

Only in theory a couple of hundred km of driving but 5 hours on the road not including stops..

Party split due to SWMBO going down with migraine and extreme bend swinging for many kms taking its toll…

Spending the night in this bustling microcosm of capitalism worship..

Nice hotel right in the centre…

This route certainly checked out any steering, braking issues..

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