Col du Galibier

Spent 3 nights camped at Col du Galibier, 1 night a Col du Lautrec and 2 nights on the other side of the mountain 8k down the hill on Valloire side. One the 2 day, did a run/walk to the top of the mountain. It was about 9k from were the car was parked. Gradient of around 6-7%. I ran for about 1k and was dying, so ended up doing 1min on and 1min off. Took me around 62 minutes. BB ran all the way in 45 min.

Day  3 I just walked up this time on the other side, gradient of around 9%. Legs too fatigued to run so walked as fast a possible. Took me around 1hr 30min, which include the last km inside the barriers on a small path that had a 20mtr drop on one side and people walking in all directions . Ran / walked down the hill, thigh a bit sore so protected the body. There was a truck going up the hill selling baguettes. Picked one up for 1.50. Lucky BB took it from me on his way down. He still managed to run all the 8k up hill, 2 days in a row.

Watched the caravan pass at around 3pm, got all the regular goodies, Madeleine and haribo . All the rest of the goodies we gave away to some children. Watched a bar/café TV setup outside for a bit, took photos of the riders as they passed us and then back to the TV.