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| On Tour and sightseeing |
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| Stately Gentlemen |
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| That is building |
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| Ern, pushing the pace as always |
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| Palace Royal |
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| Ern - doing the sums |
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| Palace Royal |
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| A busy roof |
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| The team |
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| Damian - resting in paradise |
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| Letting the diet slip once - and in honour of Andrea's birthday |
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| On the road |
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| Great view - darkening skies |
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| Damian |
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| Pre lunch |
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| Great view |
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| Our lunch village - again |
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| Ern |
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| Phil S - a typical pose |
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| Wet and Cold and Windy |
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| Signs of a wet road - Damian |
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| Before the big wet |
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| Ern - at Brisbane Airport leaving for France (via a few days in Singapore) |
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| Medieval castle |
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| Peter at our lunch venue today |
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| The team before lunch and before the hell of the winds and hills |
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| At lunch with Julie and Phil Hatcher |
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| On the bike path tracking the river and before the wind and hills |
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| Ern - enjoyed himself today |
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| Ern - pre lumch |
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| Peter |
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| Craig leading |
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| Seemed to be always going skywards |
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| Castle at Beynac |
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| Inside Castle |
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| Beynac Castle |
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| And again |
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| The team on top of the world at d'Aubisque summit |
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| Hang Glider on d'Aubisque |
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| Hang Glider again |
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| Phil H |
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| Colin |
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| Damian - Mountain King |
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| Ern |
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| Mick |
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| Craig |
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| Damian - driving to the finish on d'Aubisque |
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| Ern and Craig at the end of the first Col |
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| The road to d'Aubisque |
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| Looking back from the summit at d'Aubisque |
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| That is the road you can see cut into the cliff |
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| Ern and Craig |
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| Phil H - pushing hard |
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| Looking back to the road on d'Aubisque |
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| And again |
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| Towards the top |
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| Peter on Tourmalet |
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| Peter again - trying to lose Ern |
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| Ern at the Summit |
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| Damian - KoM again |
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| Colin on the Col - but look at the background |
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| Craig - enjoying the climb today |
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| Mick at the top |
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| The road of Tourmalet |
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| Craig at the summit |
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| Mick |
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| The team - ready of crepes and coffee at Tormalet summit |
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| Peter, Ern and Matador outside Nimes Coliseum |
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| Religious souvenirs - Lourdes |
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| More religious souvenirs |
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| And again |
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| Damian, Ern, Peter and Phil S with Irish 'guides' after bathing in Holy Water |
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| The Great Church - Lourdes |
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| Lourdes - The Church |
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| Ventoux - road, moon scaape and outlook to Alps |
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| Ern - in celebration |
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| Craig - happy |
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| Phil H - stuffed |
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| Mick at the top |
Peter, Craig and Plil checking equipment before the big day
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| On the Mountain |
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| Phil |
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| A view of the Col |
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| Colin, early in the climb - still able to smile |
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| Out of the saddle |
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| Peter - posing for the camera |
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| Ern - easy |
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| Carig - an early smile |
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| A little later - Craig |
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| Pushing hard |
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| Damian and Peter going for K o M |
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| Ern - keeping the rubber side down |
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| A rare reprieve from the uphill |
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| Mick arrives |
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| The mountain - 10 k's to go |
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| Running out if vegetation |
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| Peter and Danian at the summit |
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| The wireless tower of Ventoux |
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| Colin - final stages |
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| Happy at the end - Colin |
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| Nearly there |
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| Ern - done |
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| The team at the start |
Peter at Chateauneuf-du-Pape
"Pant Off" at the Cateauneuf
Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Lunch at Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Colin and lunch of whole calamari at Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard
Ern at Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard
Team riding on the way to Madelaine
Director Sportiff, Pants off Phil" out shopping
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| The start of Col de la Madelaine |
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| The Climb (Part of it anyway) |
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| More of Madelaine |
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| Peter at the summit |
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| Damian braving the weather for a photo at the top |
Ern - Frozen but elated
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| Colin on arrival |
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| Craig - happy but spent at the end of 26 k's up hill |
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| Phil - say no more |
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| Mick - another massive effort - he is a convert to energy gels |
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| The snow is starting on the Col |
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| And getting heavier |
 "Pants off Phil" Just part if the extraordinary decent into Vevey - vineyards  That is Peter's helmut Lunch at Vevey Craig is the one standing Ern in Vevey - ready to roll after lunch Phil also ready to roll in Vevey - post lunch Bridge crossing out of Bern Before start of accent of Juan Pass  |
| The team at the top |
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| Colin leads Ern on Juan Pass |
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| Phil H on Juan Pass |
