After two unsuccessful attempts
with my road bike, the first time I didn’t find the good track, the second time
I renounced a little after the col del Forn, where the unpaved track begins to
get rougher, I finally managed to take my MTB to perform this climb. What I
finally saw of the chalet des Cortalets road showed me how ridiculous I had been
trying to make it with a road bike.
After having left the Perpignan
station, I followed at first the old Prades road, parallel to the new main
road, through the villages of Le Soler, Saint-Féliu-d'Avall and Corbère. In
Bouleternère, I finally turned towards the mountains. I had time before being
in Prades and was happy to visit some passes before. So I photographed my bike
in front of the col Fourtou, col Xatard and col Palomère signs and went down to
the Prades road, that I joined through Finestret. This was a little diversion
from the direct road, but it was all downhill and it allowed me to be back on
the highway a little closer from Prades.
To go back to Roquefort, I went
through Fenouillèdes and Corbières. These countries in the north of the
Pyrénées-Orientales and south of the Aude offer nice roads, hilly and quiet,
and are a pleasure to cycle. Furthermore, I was able to pass by the gorges de
Galamus, which are a curiosity to see. And in the evening as expected I found
again my wife and my beloved Time.
Pictures : http://cathie.charbonnier.free.fr/piwigo/index.php?/category/9
Pictures : http://cathie.charbonnier.free.fr/piwigo/index.php?/category/9
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