A ride on the hill behind the house...

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kejago

Pack Dog
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Location
Between Annecy and Geneva
Bike
KTM 950 SE
A nice automn Sunday morning... What does one do? Why, one takes a ride!

At the bottom of the road leading down from where I live, I have a decision to make, where to go?
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I turn right, and head down the valley. I have no real destination in mind, and just plan on riding to enjoy the ride.
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I pass this house, and the bee-hives catch my attention. Funky!
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The road I am following...
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...runs along this river. It flows into the Rhone very neat to here.
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The beast is thirsty...
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So a pit stop is called for:
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173km to the yellow light, and this is the damage:
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I pay for the petrol, and successfully avoid these temptations:
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I get to Seyssel, which has some really tiny streets:
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It is a Sunday, and the streets are quiete:
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A shop sign advertising some wines from the area:
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Now a plan forms in my haead.... lets head for that hill:
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I'll have to cross this bridge...
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So I walk around the church...
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and down the alley....
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past some door to some appartments...
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to where my bike is waiting:
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Looking back to where I just was
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The Rhone:
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I head up towards the hill, passing a forgotten camper van:
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Yip, they grow grapes here for wine:
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It is automn, and the grapes are gone:
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A nice stone farm house:
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Farm sheds facinate me:
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And up the hill I go!!!
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Nice and twisty:
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What is this I see before me?
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Yes!!!
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A nice sized trail...
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And in case I was not sure, Garmin confrims that is is unpaved. Thanks Garmin!
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Through the woods I go...
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A spot to stop where it is not too steep:
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Yes yes... I love my beast:
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Leaves, moss, and a Sidi Crossfire!
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Where I have come up from...
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and where I am going...
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Yip, now I know why I was skidding all over the place... my rear is toast!
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It can just about cope with this... but any more would be pushing it.
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I exit the woods, and make it up to the top of the hill:
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In case I am not sure of where to go:
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Nice sign...
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A nice ride all along the top of the hill...
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And then! The mud monster lurketh!!
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Rural grass land...
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... and a farm.
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What the hell is a "Barrière Canadienne"? Don't the French like Canadiens?
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Nah... it is just what they call a cattle grid:
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It is a Sunday...
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... and this is a bikers church:
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Indeed. I also appreciate the solitude and the views...
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Soon it is time to head home. Back through the forest:
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A sign showing where I have come from, and where I am going:
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Some "wildlife" along the way:
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Bunch of wussies! Scared of the beast!
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Another farm house...
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... along the road...
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... with nice views.
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Not far from home now...
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Just a last forest to cross.
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Total distance, about 75km.
Total time, about 4 hours.
Total enjoyment, immence!
 
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