La Barillette. Dawn Trip! – My Biking Problem

January 13, 2024

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Sure, I’m nonetheless right here. I do know I haven’t posted in a very long time. Sorry. I’m nonetheless driving. However for numerous causes this yr it’s been primarily from house.

Wooohoo! A superb journey in the dead of night freezing chilly to see the dawn with my nice buddies Richard and Tim.

A great dawn journey requires an unimpeded view in the direction of the dawn. The aim is all the time to reach a minimum of 10 minutes earlier than the dawn to benefit from the altering sky. It was chilly and windy so we had been closely dressed and all had bike lights prepared for this beautiful 12.7 kilometre climb on a quiet Jura mountain forest street.

The climb to La Barillette is the third highest paved street within the Juras. There’s a Swisscom communication tower and a Skyguide aviation radar tower on the high. It has an unimpeded summit view south: instantly beneath is Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) and within the distance the Alps. Excellent!

We cheerfully climbed this beautiful street, chatted a bit of, breathed closely loads. The hassle stored us heat.

There was a robust Bise (north wind) on the summit and we had been chilly as soon as we stopped pedalling so we had been impatient for the solar to rise. However what an important view: Mont Blanc was so clear within the distance, excessive above the clouds. And an orange glow.

After which the solar peeked over the Alps. I want I used to be a greater photographer and knew find out how to absolutely seize the brilliant lighting, and so forth. However the first few seconds of the solar was wonderful. Tim was an ideal mannequin and allowed me to yell at him as he ~~rode~~ posed.

It’s fantastic when a loopy concept works out so properly. Thanks for the nice firm. That is my fourth dawn journey with Tim, and my second with Richard. Now we have already begun brainstorming candidate for subsequent yr.

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