Cycling Western Pyrenees
JEREMY TAYLOR: WRITER - TEACHER - JUGGLER
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Cycling Western Pyrenees |
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Gorges de Kakouetta and the Col de Bagarui (Part 1 of 4)
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One of my favourite views in the Pyrenees. This was taken from the train near the village of Buzy. This is a great starting place for rides into the Pyrenees up the Vallée d'Ossau. |
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Here is my bike loaded up with a Vaude handlebar bag with my camera bag and Nikon D70 well protected inside. Two panpack front panniers and two vaude rear panniers with a Terra Nova Quasar tent between them. Weight? About 3 tons. The bike alone weighs 20kg. |
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Superb weather, superb road surface and not a car in sight. From Oloron I rode to Aramits then on the D918 towards Tardets-Sorholus and then the D26 for 8km before turning off onto the D113 to Camping Ibarra, 3km South of the Gorges de Kakouetta. |
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The campsite was lovely and cost 5 euros a night. Hot showers and a river side pitch. What more could a man ask for? The beer, brewed down the road in Licq, was also excellent. |
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A local butterfly. Click on the image to enlarge it so that you can see its amazing little antennae. At the end of day 1, I had covered 50km and a very easy 50km it was too. What would day 2 have in store? |
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I got up early and set off for the Gorges de Kakouetta just up the road. I was the first person to arrive that day (at 8.30) though I was not alone in the gorge... |
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This amazing piece of geomorphology leads for about 2km through a gorge 300m deep and in places just 5 metres wide. At the end there is a large waterwall spurting out of the rockface. Click on the link for more pictures and text about the Gorges de Kakouetta. |
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