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 dwelling.
Wooohoo! A superb trip at midnight freezing chilly to see the dawn with my nice buddies Richard and Tim.
dawn trip requires an unimpeded view in direction of the dawn. The objective is all the time to reach not less than 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 prime. It has an unimpeded summit view south: immediately beneath is Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) and within the distance the Alps. Good!
We cheerfully climbed this beautiful street, chatted a little bit, breathed closely quite a bit. The trouble saved 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 a terrific 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 totally seize the intense lighting, and many others. 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 great when a loopy thought works out so nicely. Thanks for the nice firm. That is my fourth dawn trip with Tim, and my second with Richard. Now we have already begun brainstorming an excellent candidate for subsequent yr.
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