A bit of a stressy drive from Irun to Luz Saint Sauveur. Fine at first on the motorways but Lourdes proved very tricky to get through and stopping in Argeles Gazost was tricky with limited parking and roads closed for the market. Stopped there to visit a bike shop to get my brakes tested before the mountain climbing.
The weather predictably changed somewhat in the mountains with more cloudy sky and intermittent rain. From Luz Saint Sauveur I cycled up to Luz Ardiden which was pretty hard going with the gradient fairly consistently above 8% for the 1.5 hours it took to get to the top. A few speckles of rain but generally not bad conditions.
Stopped for a while in the village before heading on to the bed and breakfast place on the outskirts of Argeles Gazost. Just took it easy in the evening ready for a big bike day tomorrow.
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