Thursday, September 26, 2013

Those hills ain't made for cycling!

Yesterday the weather report was sunny with the occasional showers and so I decided to got out for a long training session on my bike! Fortunately the weather people were spot on and the conditions were as they said apart from a strong easterly wind that made the last 10 or so kilometers tough going. In all I managed 55k with the ride taking me from the Nartelle beach through Sainte Maxime past the villages of Gassin and Ramatuelle, onto the Pampalonne beach road,  through Saint Tropez and finally back to the Nartelle beach via Sainte Maxime. I have to say but the loop around the back of Saint Tropez is down right hilly,  so this morning with my legs still feeling the effect it was quite tough to get any sort of decent rhythm on the course!


 The coast road in to Sainte Maxime



Leaving Sainte Maxime


The cycle path near the Beauvallon GC



Kite surfers with Saint Tropez as a back drop





Not much traffic




 Vine yard  Bertaud Belieu



  The village of Ramateulle





The Pamplona beach


Kon Tiki beach


Fruit stop




Coffee break on the port in Saint Tropez



The Beauvallon GC from across the bay


Saint Tropez

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