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j4bberw0ck
05-Jul-07, 22:15
or failing that, on here.

It was 1 deg C and with the wind blowing, felt like -10 C. No prizes, but where was I? Whether you care or not.....

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3941/colelevationta1.jpg

S'pose I should blot out the lat / long, really, but what the hell.....

Mode of transport clue (but this was a different pass, about 600 ft lower):

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2754/bikeld6.jpg

C'mon you bikers............!
WeeBurd
05-Jul-07, 22:26
Not a clue, but wow, what a gorgeous view! :eek:

(The hills, not the bike!)
j4bberw0ck
05-Jul-07, 22:29
<sniff> I thought both were rather nice!
Solus
05-Jul-07, 22:36
I know, but i had been informed already,

cracking view mate, and the bikes not bad ! ;)


Although checking your coordinates, it puts you in a national park !

Hope you had a good trip.
Tubthumper
05-Jul-07, 22:36
Beautiful. Bike and view. Switzerland?
norscot
05-Jul-07, 22:40
French Alps??
Jeemag_USA
05-Jul-07, 22:43
44 N 006 E

Puts you midway between Les Mees and Puimichel in Southern France?
golach
05-Jul-07, 22:43
How about the Maritime alps near Mont Pelat :cool:
Kenn
05-Jul-07, 22:45
Swiss /French border, pass through to La Chaux des Fonds?
j4bberw0ck
05-Jul-07, 22:54
getting very close........

This is what it looked like from 9225 feet above sea level:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/513/coldelabonettepanoramapp9.jpg



I'll eat any lady's peculiar hat if someone doesn't get it from that.....:lol: (hint :-) )
j4bberw0ck
05-Jul-07, 22:56
Swiss /French border, pass through to La Chaux des Fonds?

Nope, not that one...... this is good few miles inside France........
Torvaig
05-Jul-07, 23:56
Col La Bonnette.... the highest road in Europe....
Solus
06-Jul-07, 02:59
With scenery like that, it makes getting cold worth it !

Stunning view,
BRIE
06-Jul-07, 09:57
it looks beautiful!:Razz
DarkAngel
06-Jul-07, 11:12
The photos are lovely. Where is that taken?:)
j4bberw0ck
06-Jul-07, 17:42
Col La Bonnette.... the highest road in Europe....

Good call, Torvaig. Col de la Bonnette it is. The other one (with the bike) is the top of the Passo Gavrio, Italy, at a measly 8612 feet.

Hon. mention for Jeemag who was a few miles out to the west.

Anyone recognise this horror? The way up (from 2/3 up it):

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4169/passodistelvio1td1.jpg


and the first third or so of the way back down the other side..... 9025 of your Breeteesh feet at the summit. The microscopic dots are the sportsbike nutters who love hooning up and down this place. Very cool to make showers of sparks from your titanium-plugged knee sliders. If you like that sort of thing.........


http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5228/passodistelvio2zn3.jpg
Jeemag_USA
06-Jul-07, 17:46
Those roads look like so much fun for a bike. Cracking pictures too, enjoy the rest of your trip.
cuddlepop
06-Jul-07, 18:31
Love the photo.s ,what a crackin view.:D
Valerie Campbell
06-Jul-07, 18:39
These roads are something else! Brilliant photos.
Solus
06-Jul-07, 20:20
Cracking photo's, would not mind a crack at that road :eek:
Jeemag_USA
06-Jul-07, 21:17
Cracking photo's, would not mind a crack at that road :eek:

This has to be the most ideal place in the world for a fish box cartie!!! I'd even go for it now if they would let me do it. I'd need a stout pair o tackety boots for brakes though. What a dream that woudl be, anybody got a spare set o pram wheels [lol]
jings00
07-Jul-07, 17:47
it is better weather than the john o' groats bike rally this weekend!
fantastic views/pics
horseman
08-Jul-07, 08:43
I thought some of the views from about the eiffel mountains, in germany, if you can call them that!, from a bikers level they were,came across as impressive,......but,I haint 'never' seen anything to compare with that....
Thanks for sharing with us.:)