Briancon and Col d'Izoard

Final days riding for most, and for me a rest.
Bit of an early start, the alarm at 7:00 was not welcome, but shook ouselves out of bed breakfasted and hopped in the car to drive to Briancon, which on the other side of Col de lauteret. Picked up Tony from camp Bourg and then travelled in convoy with Tom and Ted to Briancon and the foot of the col d'Izoard. From here most set out down the road for the more classic approach to the col from Guilestre. Me, I went for coffee, a tour of the old fort which sits above Briancon, bit of shopping, lashed out on lunch, icecream another coffee, a haircut and rest/read in the park...... nice. By which time the others had completed their loop over the Izoard and were back in the car park.
The ride was reported as an other excellent alpine tour .... the photos will have to tell the story.
Briancon for R&R tourist day was excellent, highest major town in France at around 1,100 m. The old fort was interesting harbouring a thriving array of artisan shops, restaurants and assorted historical stuff was well worth the visit.
Back in Ornon for our final dinner tonight was mix celebration of the end of the trip and not sure that I want it to end. Am looking forward to being home, but have had the best of times being here for the last month.

Ah well, that's enough, here are a few pics from the Izoard and it's bon noir for the last of these blogs.
BB.