The Route

The route was clearly going to take the main share of the planning, and as such I ploughed straight into this, with the map wall at my service, and Google maps at my side the route planning commenced in earnest. Initially I located the likely towns and villages that sat at the average daily mileage points as you travel south from Paris. Bearing in mind we wanted to dedicate a day to the climbing of a Col in the Pyrenees, ideally the Col de Tourmalet. This procedure worked well in establishing a benchmark for the daily distance and aiding in the location of accommodation on route