Catatan Pyrenees meet

[Simo-n-ice]

Evenin' all,

Barcelona Pat and self are trying to arrange a meet some time this month, perhaps with a view to firming up a New Team for the HUBB Pyrennean extravaganza. I'm easy timewqise but Mr P isn't, so he's suggesting the last weekend in March.

He's in Barcelona - yeah yeah, we guessed that! - whereas I'm based in the pre-Pyrenees north of Lleida (that's south-west of Andorra to those wiith Europe maps), at least until Easter.

Bearing in mind the season I think a cruise at fairly low altitudes is best for planning purposes - it'll still be snowy up in the mountains proper - and in many respects the riding is better in the limestone regions to the south of the granite belt.

So, starting from west to east (I would say that wouldn't I!)

• Meet at Can Pere (Pete's caff) in Camarasa for breakfast before riding the amazing C13 crossing of the Sierra de Montsec,
• then on to Tremp and points east over the Col de Boixols to Col de Nargo,
• then, depending on the weather, type of bikes, etc. on towards Berga either via Gosol (home of Picasso briefly and stunning access to the southern slopes of the Sierra de Cadi, which most pople cross via the tunnel - poor fools!) or swinging south via Solsona
• east of Berga is beginning to be off my patch and I may also have to head home to the city of Tarragona and get back to work, so I'm not too wild about heading yet further east as I'd have to pass right through Bareclona - yeugh!

So, all options are completely open!

Cheers

Simon