It’s all going over St Bernard’s Pass with a bonus mountain adventure.
In which Sid and Doris cycle up over the pass, down to the official opening for the year, enjoy the brouhaha and endure a very long uphill excursion in the afternoon.
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Author: Sid
It’s all going up to the Great St Bernard pass.
In which Sid and Doris leave Montreux, passing the Chateau de Chillon, to visit the abbey church at St Maurice before making the big climb from Martigny to Napoleon’s bivouac at 1620 metres.
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A quiet day in Montreux
In which Sid and Doris visit the town museum and find a rival for the Hungarian button museum.
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It’s all going up over the Risoux Ridge and down to Montreux, Switzerland
In which Sid and Doris have a long day through alpine scenery and beside Lake Geneva, meeting a motorcycle policeman, finally stopping at Montreux in Switzerland.
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It’s all going south to Chaux des Crotenay
In which Sid and Doris have a short and hilly day, preparing to cross the Mont Risoux ridge in a few days time into Switzerland.
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It’s all going south to Lons le Saunier
In which Sid and Doris ride from Beaune on the Tacot line, cross the Saone to join the Paris, Lyon and Mediterrane line to stay at Lons.
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It’s all going south and east to Beaune
In which Sid and Doris drop down from Chateau-Chinon (Ville) and climb back up to come into Beaune through the Mersault and Pommard vineyards to stay at L’Imprimerie, that used to print clever labels for the finest wines (so that they could not be counterfeited).
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It’s all going south, though up, to Chateau Chinon (ville).
In which Sid and Doris leave the Loire and visit a memorial to the French forces in fighting in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria from 1952 to 1962.
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It’s all going South to Nevers
In which Sid and Doris see at Bannay a church resulting from the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion as well as Nevers Cathedral, not quite repaired these 80 years.
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It’s all going south to Belleville sur Loire
In which Sid and Doris see their first (close-up) Loire chateau and cross the river on the justly famous Pont Canal de Briare to stop at a workers’ Logis at Belleville.
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