Day 6 (25th May) of our fundraising cycle ride
This completes Stage 1 of our 5 stage cycle journey through France.
Last night, we stayed at the Hotel de la Poste in Corps. A wonderfully traditional old hotel. The doors to the rooms even had original paintings on them of graceful scenes from the 18th century. I don’t think the hotel dated from that time, but it added added to the charm.
We had a traditional French style evening meal. We ordered the three course meal at €29 but also got a delicious appetiser and escargots!
After breakfast, I chatted to a couple, Marc and Agnes, in the street who had stopped and asked me where we were going. I also told them fundraising for a children’s hospital in Ukraine. They asked for the details of the website so they could make a donation.
We were soon off on our way. This was our final day in the Alps, and it didn’t let us down. Absolutely fantastic snow-capped mountain scenery!
The final run down into Grenoble was a little scary. We had over a 1000m of descent, and that was squeezed into a few kilometres.
Unfortunately, the only way down into Grenoble was via the main road with cars whizzing by. We had to be extremely careful. We stopped twice to let our brakes cool down.
Finally we succeeded in making our way to the city centre! That night, we toasted ourselves at finishing this important stage.
We had covered 395 km (245 miles) and made 5,638m (18,497 ft) of ascent!