Habits hard to shake -once again started and finished on a col. Massive descent down from Iseran to a 30 mile ride down a long valley (with a big headwind - actually getting blown around the road a couple of times and even though going down hill often felt like going up!), still descending and then straight up the side to another, lower col but the prelude to something much bigger. To put more perspective on the day the total descent was around 6,500 ft, or twice the height of Mt St. Katherine's. Then a 2,300ft climb up to the col over about 12 miles - so back up to St Katherine height once more! Total height climb so far 27,100ft - and my legs are hurting but not quite as much as yesterday, so things are looking up. What's getting bad is the weather - rain started just before top of Telegraphe and at this height it's cold! Tomorrow we're hoping to have a rest day but our planned stop in Valloire was slightly altered by the invasion of about 4,000 quad bikes in the resort for a weekend racing event - not exactly a peaceful place and hardly a room to be found anywhere. Rain is forecast for tomorrow too - and then thunderstorms after. It's not pleasant cycling in rain but at the tops of the passes this can be snow and make getting over them very nasty. Hoping it will not get as bad as this. Here's some photos of today, off to bed. Plan tomorrow - hiking, Sunday - Galibier, another big climb. 
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