Day two, The tunnel at Mont Blanc or Route Napoleon?

As we where now about 40 mils' south of Dion. Our strike in to Italy could go either way. Over the mountain's and through the tunnel, or down south to Lyon on to Gap, then down route Napoleon on to the French Rivera. Ride round the coast in to Italy. I was easy, both sounded good.

This is where we should have eaten breakfast if we had any thing to eat


 Come morning we are out side with our coffee to talk about the we where going to get in to Italy. When I said about  the food we brought the day before. We get our breakfast with that have a few cup's of coffee and talk about the rest of the day. Where's the food Richard. you packed it away. I binned it. What you did what. I binned it. looked off to me. He had the bread. I had the filling. When did you do that. I don't know. the bread was brought yesterday, It's less than 24 hour's old. After a bit of twooing and frowing. I worked out he had binned it at Dijon when I went in to book the hotel. about two hour's after we had brought it. This man has a serious getting on with people problem. No point is arguing about it the deed was done. No breakfast. Let's get back to to the crossing in to Italy I say. We are not sure about the tunnel and any cost in using it. As against the Rivera way. So I ask a French man there about the tunnel. It's free for bike's. Not happy with that I go off and find another French man who says the same. The tunnel is free for bike's. We talk. I'm saying that it's going to be a lot of up hill and it's going to be cold. The other way going south is just a couple of road's and we will be Napoleon. I'm hoping for the south route. No Richard want to go over the mountain's. Sat nav set and we are ready to roll. Richard now drop's anther bomb shell. In saying that he's not keen in going all the way. This is day two of a three week trip, and he's talk of going home. I don't know if he want me to get angry or what. but I'm just looking at it as one day at a time. Let's get this day over and then we can work on the next.


The day turns out not too bad. The weather picks up, the sun is out and the road's are good. We are making good time. Not counting the late start. I want to be on the road some time after 8 am. We don't start until 10. Half the morning gone. Zip up John. Just be glad you are moving.


                   A few mile's before we hit the mountains.

The ride up to the tunnel, and the tunnel it's self is quite impressive. Then we get there and find it's 50 euros each on the bike as a toll. Richard is not a happy bunny. Come to that neither am I. So we are in to how it happened. All I could say is that he had the same information as I had it the hotel. When I pointed out it was his idea to go across the mountain's all of a sudden he's saying so it all his fault. I try to point out it's no one's fault, we just got duff information. So we payed and crossed. Buy then the time was ticking down. As it was look for a place to camp and then move on the next day. O no Richard want a hotel, I'm thinking why have we brought all this camping kit if we are just going to use hotel's. Any way it was a hotel for the night. And that night was a whole new ball game.

                                           The ride in

                                  The ride out

That's the road we are going to travel on. We are now in Italy,

John933