La Barillette. Dawn Journey! – My Biking Problem

January 24, 2023

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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 using. However for varied causes this 12 months it’s been primarily from house.

Wooohoo! A wonderful trip at midnight freezing chilly to see the dawn with my nice buddies Richard and Tim.

A very good dawn trip requires an unimpeded view in the direction of the dawn. The objective is at all times to reach at the very least 10 minutes earlier than the dawn to benefit from the altering sky. It was chilly and windy so we have 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: straight under is Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) and within the distance the Alps. Good!

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

There was a robust Bise (north wind) on the summit and we have been chilly as soon as we stopped pedalling so we have been impatient for the solar to rise. However what an amazing 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 how you can absolutely seize the brilliant lighting, and so forth. However the first few seconds of the solar was superb. Tim was an ideal mannequin and allowed me to yell at him as he ~~rode~~ posed.

It’s great when a loopy thought works out so properly. Thanks for the nice firm. That is my fourth dawn trip with Tim, and my second with Richard. We have now already begun brainstorming candidate for subsequent 12 months.

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