Over the Pyrenees
Posted from Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
I am over the Pyrenees now. Today I crossed the border and entered into France. But over the mountains the weather is rough. It was a hard fight. I had the whole day the Tramontana blowing right into my face.
So far I have had good cycling weather on my tour, the temperatures were good and the wind was moderate, on some days I even had some tailwind. This has changed a lot. The Tramontana is blowing like mad since yesterday afternoon. This wind has very agressive gusts and is coming right from the north, exactly the direction I am heading to.
I had hoped that the wind would start only in the afternoon like yesterday. But when I woke up this morning it was already blowing, it was blowing through the whole ride and it is still blowing now. And according to the weather forecast it will blow a couple of days more.
My body is now tired, but nothing hurts. Yesterdays day of relax and the massage seem to have some effects. Perpignan looks also nice, but I would like to advance now. Let´s see how long these hard winds will blow.
Todays route: 56,70 km
Fantastic!
Safe riding and hope the wind is not too rough on you 🙂
Lieber Mchael,
wir wünschen Dir, daß Du endlich Rückenwind bekommst und viel Sonnenschein.
Lass Dir Zeit, Es sind ja noch fast 5 Wochen. Hoffentlich erkennen wir Dich noch
als Nikolaus?
Viel Spaß und Freude bei Deinem Abenteuer und viel Humor. Gutes Essen und
guten Wein und freundliche Wirte.Herzliche Grüße Hermine und Christof
Hallo lieber Michael,
wir wünschen Dir, daß endlich Rückenwind kommt.
Wenn icht, dann lass Dir soviel Zeit
Way to go Michael, such a great progress so far! Reading through your posts you make it look easy sometimes . Hope for pleasant kilometers ahead and lots of fun!
Keep up the good work. Beer awaits you is the land down under.
estupendo,ya estas casi ala mitad del camino, vas a conseguirlo¡
Wind is worst than anything else on bike! The difficult part of Pyreenes is done! Now taste the good French wine! With moderation! 🙂
Cadence & liquids! Always!
Vive la Frace. Schwer dahin zu kommen, manchmal aber sehr aufschlussreich. Geniesse das Frühstück, Crossant, Café au lait, Wein und essen, vergiss den Gegenwind. Viel Spass…
gratulation. erstes grosse ziel geschafft. jetzt ist der rest ein kinderspiel 🙂 geniess den abned und viel glück morgen.
Michael,
keep going! We both had a terrible day today: today has likely been the start of an historic event and very harmful for a Hamburg supporter as I am. Hamburg will decend for the first time in history to the second league and as the last of all teams in German football history (1:2 in Stuttgart). HSV is now second last. I tell you this since you like football and the conclusion is: the headwind can be bad but going to the second league is even worse … 🙁
Good luck for tomorrow!
All the best,
Andreas
Great Michael . Thats one country down(or two if you are a catalonian nationalist) and two to go!