Overlooked

People, Places, Things and Ideas by C. Scott Willy

14 August 2006

Crêtes-du-Bauroux

Filed under: Alpes Maritimes (06), France, GPS, Outdoor, Walks — cswilly @ 18:38

This walk is medium hard. Not to bad on the ups/downs. The crest part of the walk was a disappointment as it was all in the trees (good for full summer I guess).

The high points were:

  • A few good views.
  • Nice View 1 Nice View 3 Nice View 2
  • The ruins near B193.
    vieux seranon
  • The valley behind Caille (OK it does look like a women’s sex).
    Pussy Valley
  • The Bauroux summit
  • .Summit
  • Caille has a nice Auberge where you can have a beer.
    Caille
  • Gliders were cool.
    Gliders were cool.

Note the large deviation of from the trail on the map after the Bauroux summit. The map is out-of-date.

W011+Crêtes-du-Bauroux^after^withTrack.jpg

Click for full size map.

Four hours is about right.
650m up and down.
13km total distance.
Rando pédestre page for walk.

View in Google Earth and/or Google Maps (slow).

The GPS trace.

6 August 2006

Gorge Du Loupe–not quite to Greolieres (52Km)

Filed under: Bike, GPS, Outdoor — cswilly @ 11:28

Longest bike ride yet 50Km. My legs suffered going back up to Chateau-nuef.
A bunch of up, which was OK until I got 3 Km from Greolieres. The grade then went to >10% and my legs gave out.

Have a look at the profile below. After Pont-Sur-Loupe there was a 5Km up which was a good steady slog, but not so bad.

Profile of ride

Click for larger image for altitude provide
Loaded up the route in Google maps.

Google Map of ride

Click to open ride in Google Maps

You can also look at it in Google Earth by clicking here.

3 August 2006

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Filed under: Books, Science Fiction — cswilly @ 12:01

Prelude to Foundation

:-)

Classic Asimov.

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