kejago
Pack Dog
A nice automn Sunday morning... What does one do? Why, one takes a ride!
At the bottom of the road leading down from where I live, I have a decision to make, where to go?
I turn right, and head down the valley. I have no real destination in mind, and just plan on riding to enjoy the ride.
I pass this house, and the bee-hives catch my attention. Funky!
The road I am following...
...runs along this river. It flows into the Rhone very neat to here.
The beast is thirsty...
So a pit stop is called for:
173km to the yellow light, and this is the damage:
I pay for the petrol, and successfully avoid these temptations:
I get to Seyssel, which has some really tiny streets:
It is a Sunday, and the streets are quiete:
A shop sign advertising some wines from the area:
Now a plan forms in my haead.... lets head for that hill:
I'll have to cross this bridge...
So I walk around the church...
and down the alley....
past some door to some appartments...
to where my bike is waiting:
Looking back to where I just was
The Rhone:
I head up towards the hill, passing a forgotten camper van:
Yip, they grow grapes here for wine:
It is automn, and the grapes are gone:
A nice stone farm house:
Farm sheds facinate me:
And up the hill I go!!!
Nice and twisty:
What is this I see before me?
Yes!!!
A nice sized trail...
And in case I was not sure, Garmin confrims that is is unpaved. Thanks Garmin!
Through the woods I go...
A spot to stop where it is not too steep:
Yes yes... I love my beast:
Leaves, moss, and a Sidi Crossfire!
Where I have come up from...
and where I am going...
Yip, now I know why I was skidding all over the place... my rear is toast!
It can just about cope with this... but any more would be pushing it.
I exit the woods, and make it up to the top of the hill:
In case I am not sure of where to go:
Nice sign...
A nice ride all along the top of the hill...
And then! The mud monster lurketh!!
Rural grass land...
... and a farm.
What the hell is a "Barrière Canadienne"? Don't the French like Canadiens?
Nah... it is just what they call a cattle grid:
It is a Sunday...
... and this is a bikers church:
Indeed. I also appreciate the solitude and the views...
Soon it is time to head home. Back through the forest:
A sign showing where I have come from, and where I am going:
Some "wildlife" along the way:
Bunch of wussies! Scared of the beast!
Another farm house...
... along the road...
... with nice views.
Not far from home now...
Just a last forest to cross.
Total distance, about 75km.
Total time, about 4 hours.
Total enjoyment, immence!
At the bottom of the road leading down from where I live, I have a decision to make, where to go?
![397387566_jitHx-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/920/92069c2cce63e4d6adb4d9cca88ec48f.jpg)
I turn right, and head down the valley. I have no real destination in mind, and just plan on riding to enjoy the ride.
![397367734_pGp3b-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/598/5987bb618ff133fc65da37e8be565f65.jpg)
I pass this house, and the bee-hives catch my attention. Funky!
![397378239_yCPv6-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4b7/4b786d003346b7ad0d2ef7dac749064b.jpg)
The road I am following...
![397391955_j5nTz-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bc8/bc89d78a66bb416145cc7b025bc3fe47.jpg)
...runs along this river. It flows into the Rhone very neat to here.
![397496126_re9tt-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4d9/4d91b681ae6881b8226979503724fb7c.jpg)
The beast is thirsty...
![397396686_MFjMj-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a2c/a2cdb29a788cf2c3b7d8097e5f28c516.jpg)
So a pit stop is called for:
![397394655_dEvj2-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2ff/2ff5becf519a8a7d84dca61e751b7daa.jpg)
173km to the yellow light, and this is the damage:
![397393088_bdEDY-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7fa/7fab0404fe1dc44ff4118187fbe0825c.jpg)
I pay for the petrol, and successfully avoid these temptations:
![397397050_TALkE-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/71a/71a54f61a3b7c96457995b4c17801bf9.jpg)
I get to Seyssel, which has some really tiny streets:
![397398628_GBmik-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a64/a6456a3b584ab0852bf29556e9e1587d.jpg)
It is a Sunday, and the streets are quiete:
![397400568_N9EfL-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/124/1249a75cb1a17cf31f7543d02198b7b7.jpg)
![397402053_ynt87-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a17/a17dd9f553592fb9607499f793a9d6ec.jpg)
A shop sign advertising some wines from the area:
![397399911_4YjWC-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/804/8047d23bfa2ab25cf3e72c85ced79292.jpg)
Now a plan forms in my haead.... lets head for that hill:
![397402496_vpUbm-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b74/b74b84ab98724e71aad0816f8607a83e.jpg)
I'll have to cross this bridge...
![397403554_LVPY5-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/afe/afe052310ebd2e4f8615f7771a1dd767.jpg)
![397406646_TBFif-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/818/818c207b95c39d4542409f1531d95812.jpg)
So I walk around the church...
![397408070_6oWoL-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/736/736d8eb57b5a11480189a28cc48a47a1.jpg)
and down the alley....
![397408421_2K57q-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/681/681408dd0be142ccbf61859021a620f9.jpg)
past some door to some appartments...
![397410515_6Vp3n-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/5c0/5c0cfbc96d59a226f779d5307cfae8f8.jpg)
to where my bike is waiting:
![397411144_krHWj-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1f8/1f8afc47cb7376128c3b3a929998d3c0.jpg)
![397412427_pbvTt-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b11/b11d5095efce14edf4dcac9f3dc53c5c.jpg)
Looking back to where I just was
![397412736_W7f6u-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/710/710ac5d5f1f51119a55abe4a19712f6d.jpg)
![397414650_2QH2g-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/451/45158986e2370dd0bac1b7fc8c03785e.jpg)
The Rhone:
![397413921_tkQnt-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/daf/daf16cb75f3aaff2370b43faf4e09177.jpg)
![397417911_efCwR-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/97a/97a340bba967bd1972d9ce2c00280fc3.jpg)
I head up towards the hill, passing a forgotten camper van:
![397419424_hiQxR-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d10/d10f127ae3bb484787f5bb8dc88eebf2.jpg)
Yip, they grow grapes here for wine:
![397423933_m2cfP-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bc8/bc86fff5d824678834ca58829e11443f.jpg)
It is automn, and the grapes are gone:
![397429274_j6omr-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/800/800c2c0fe28abd417dd711fd259dcb89.jpg)
A nice stone farm house:
![397427155_CXSKk-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bbc/bbc355ba133fb56e68f20ef1d72724ef.jpg)
Farm sheds facinate me:
![397429348_hRyzd-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/5b4/5b4e67cc457cba83626f5100aec49ec1.jpg)
![397433553_t5ZkK-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b3e/b3ed4d7af2e50a2813163e7d42d91b45.jpg)
And up the hill I go!!!
![397432519_YMKyG-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/47d/47de95a8573077d8c594819ee6762c0a.jpg)
Nice and twisty:
![397436289_xU8a9-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d04/d04eba92971158a416a08581e5f33af4.jpg)
What is this I see before me?
![397439281_xZBnr-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/442/442ac35e3c998aa775d4cf1b9633ffcf.jpg)
Yes!!!
![397438932_aSGXx-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/695/695bb5ff095ade9104e717fefa62c2d9.jpg)
A nice sized trail...
![397444897_pCpw9-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b76/b767a08732e7caca287fca3f20cb96ca.jpg)
And in case I was not sure, Garmin confrims that is is unpaved. Thanks Garmin!
![397446580_isiik-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/64b/64b6fd283f4384dd599c5e1fdc212dae.jpg)
Through the woods I go...
![397452793_bm7vg-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f75/f75ab140a9c2ebcbe3e552686b9e0a81.jpg)
A spot to stop where it is not too steep:
![397459990_7NUTe-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ca4/ca4069d0710a5e66470937aceca83608.jpg)
Yes yes... I love my beast:
![397458707_iy2Fz-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d48/d480a967f505e0146078949962261a45.jpg)
Leaves, moss, and a Sidi Crossfire!
![397465725_7SCDt-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/339/339c45f040c0e83e8d88ccf28ab3fd9a.jpg)
Where I have come up from...
![397467800_XvrUT-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0c1/0c1c5d299d614732a281655c863fd375.jpg)
and where I am going...
![397472747_b9KYp-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/449/4493dfb4e1b50451697ed2d73e41e18d.jpg)
Yip, now I know why I was skidding all over the place... my rear is toast!
![397472050_tWhSi-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f8c/f8cad129440212f0d116b0a17ebc1059.jpg)
It can just about cope with this... but any more would be pushing it.
![397479071_EAiCV-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/49a/49a5b870959ff01d71db76040551e90b.jpg)
I exit the woods, and make it up to the top of the hill:
![397490508_RmXz6-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/978/978d5db016cf20aee7e50816e89c2ba6.jpg)
In case I am not sure of where to go:
![397495611_ZLFQo-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/346/3464132a83b5f782edce1c701bad46ea.jpg)
Nice sign...
![397499489_zRGYd-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0d3/0d37d2db1daf1d8554ce191057062b2d.jpg)
![397508461_Dgus9-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c22/c229f9d83026e4b53b0f952342727dcd.jpg)
A nice ride all along the top of the hill...
![397504967_a3M4H-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a24/a247f27f060fec501517428547bdbbba.jpg)
And then! The mud monster lurketh!!
![397505039_p5cSW-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4a8/4a8bced78343403103fc11644fca0d0c.jpg)
Rural grass land...
![397508667_Jymxn-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b76/b76f8caa4ba8d0c3a2857978833bf6f9.jpg)
... and a farm.
![397508866_LRxxu-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/962/96277cfbaed8b58c9cc6da8c3ca91f57.jpg)
What the hell is a "Barrière Canadienne"? Don't the French like Canadiens?
![397534701_AMdVY-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/906/9066ce30fe10b473ee3389aa02daf2f2.jpg)
Nah... it is just what they call a cattle grid:
![397513713_aqXbm-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/008/0086dd0841f87ec1b97735f4b5e6dd8f.jpg)
![397513441_PfcQq-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dc0/dc0a9870415778ac9d7ead725d4ddc11.jpg)
It is a Sunday...
![397518603_KZH4m-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a1c/a1cb1e693b1220213d09d54af3c485eb.jpg)
... and this is a bikers church:
![397519878_Q2Ctm-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8dc/8dc39dfbd06f57da3ddd8e300de312ba.jpg)
Indeed. I also appreciate the solitude and the views...
![397524302_L3Hrv-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d1a/d1a6e390079c7bad368e26bfafafc4e4.jpg)
![397528071_aD9U7-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/85a/85aab9b2a877abfa18683e52dd554ace.jpg)
Soon it is time to head home. Back through the forest:
![397533721_FY9ny-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/467/4679a0b2f2aa19d7b07e1f483c015a85.jpg)
A sign showing where I have come from, and where I am going:
![397539297_mxwM8-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3b0/3b02ea7daaceab83fec60da0c785c08b.jpg)
Some "wildlife" along the way:
![397538673_Kgk22-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/600/6000dc36aeb0193640a47107b730c8b0.jpg)
Bunch of wussies! Scared of the beast!
![397543361_noZMG-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d49/d49d5f355d071649cdd2505ec50a11dc.jpg)
Another farm house...
![397560621_gtjx4-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/55b/55b3e2fb2525b150fa6e49b90ed8729d.jpg)
... along the road...
![397547454_cQ4AU-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/98c/98c0b07cd0749bdf05aa5931757063c6.jpg)
... with nice views.
![397554302_ofm49-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7c4/7c4f934b6aa4559bc5b461de7330f35e.jpg)
Not far from home now...
![397556669_f4Kys-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1df/1df19447da190eee4c2304bbb1c32671.jpg)
![397573504_B7XLF-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7b2/7b2f67f1497fa4d6ac4e6558bfda8129.jpg)
Just a last forest to cross.
![397569298_TLwNv-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3be/3be219924c40e4d996a64ce61ed6ab39.jpg)
![397571487_Ac64k-L.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b54/b5422a4d2d1d62bcb0ae63057e41361f.jpg)
Total distance, about 75km.
Total time, about 4 hours.
Total enjoyment, immence!