June 11, 2024
Arudy to Tardets
Today we could have rearranged our accommodation to stay a second night in Arudy and give up our planned day ride from Tardets. However, Col d’Aubisque is still up in the clouds and the weather isn’t forecast to clear. I had such a perfect day in 2016 (moan)…
So today we will continue with the original plan and I hope to come back someday, though there are so many other places to visit and revisit.
We left Arudy and began with a short warm-up ride down the valley. First on the roads and then we got a taste of the Voie Verte de la Vallée de l’Ossau, which will eventually run all the way from Buzy to Eaux-Bonnes. Then we turned west and the climbing began immediately.
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After the plateau, the climb resumes. But really, the plateau is the best part!
As we rode down, with layers to combat the misty chill, we though that the climb from the west would be the harder route. The sign at the bottom, in Escot, agreed.
We reached the valley and rode 4 km north on busy N134 until we escaped onto D918, signed as the “Route du Fromage”, though there were fewer signs about that than I remember. We stopped to eat our snack in Issor, where we saw the trio of Caterham 7s again. (I’m pretty sure they are the same cars I saw as we climbed out of Seix last week.
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We continued to Tardets, our stop for two nights.
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Today's ride: 57 km (35 miles)
Total: 1,822 km (1,131 miles)
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