 Port
d'Aula : Completing the Circuit!
By John Partington My first visit to Nick and Jan's was via the Port de Salau from the Pallaresa valley in Spain with a laden touring bike. I harboured the ambition to make a circuit from Nick's via the Port d'Aula and Port de Salau in one ride, preferably without luggage! In 2000 the opportunity presented itself. to continue reading and view photos CLimbing up to the border the hard way By Stuart Kendall 
Having done quite a few of the cols ,I decided to to tackle something over
2000m in altitude inspired by a picture I had seen and a sense of
adventure I made my decision . The Port d'Alua at 2260m on the French/Spanish
border '.
to continue reading and view his photos ( largest image 29k)click here For more route
descriptions go to Routes
Tom
Webb on Biking in the Ariege
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crossing in May by Liz Lamb
Go to page An impression of The Fabio Casartelli mountain memorial Graeme Fife writes "After a visit to the market -town of St Girons browsing round secondhand bookshops and antiquated back -streets, Jan suggested a trip to see the Memorial to Fabio Casartelli, the young Italian rider who died in 1995 ..............to continue reading click here In it's fourth year
the Fabio Casartelli Memorial ride at the request of the Italian
fans of Fabio has moved its dates to co-inside with the tour de France
Based from St Girons in the Pyrenees .It has been running each year since
his death and has had the support of the Foundation to which the organisers
donate the entry fee's.The parents of Fabio have each year
come over for the event .
More from Graeme fife ;On a trip we took with Sean Kelly and 140 Irish cyclists from the Pyrenees to Portugal The Tour leader Sean Kelly - so enamoured of the Irish green, that he won the emerald Points jersey of the Tour de France an unequalled four times - has ridden for the NCBI since 1993/4, out of devotion to the Saddles freewheeling cause and sheer love of the bike. It’s inspiring for everyone, the hot shots ,the wee nifties, the young. old and in-betweens and the cheery occasionals to ride alongside the man observe him boffing empty cardboard boxes into the verge with a sideways flick of his back wheel and see his grin crack wide  Col
climbing the beginners view by Jan Flanagan
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