It has been long, it has had its ups and downs, i’ve struggled, i’ve triumphed and learned a lot (both about bikepacking and making websites!) but the final instalment of my series of articles about mine and my friend Jan’s GR5 trip has arrived. The last day was a big one, almost 60km!
I can imagine some of you are sick of these by now since they have taken so long but some might still be interested and I felt like since I had come so far in writing them that I had to finish the series and take you on the journey all the way down to the sea. It is a nice collection to look back on the trip and if someone is searching for info about the GR5 one day then hopefully it will prove a useful little bank of information.
Since we had seen the elevation profile of the last 50km of the route in a hikers GR5 guide book a few days before we were totally under the impression (read delusion) that our last day would be basically all downhill, from up high in the mountains, right down to sea level. Oh how wrong we were.
In conclusion of it all – What a trip and I would definitely recommend bikepacking to anyone wanting to give it a try! Especially along the GR5 it takes you through some truly stunning landscape and along some incredible trails (just bear in mind I love mind technical stuff 😉 )
Enjoy…
Day 9 – Le Caire Gros – Nice
Here are the previous posts
Overview
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
A little taster of Day 9’s adventures…