{"id":211,"date":"2017-09-15T17:36:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T16:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:49:04","slug":"day-6-aubusson-to-le-mont-dore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-6-aubusson-to-le-mont-dore\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6. Aubusson to Le Mont Dore"},"content":{"rendered":"

58.18 miles, ascent 1679 metres, average speed 10.6 mph, elapsed time 5 hrs 29 mins.<\/p>\n

The day did not get off to a good start. I had forgotten to put my name on my day bag which was dropped off at the hotel in Aubusson the previous evening – I was in a hotel some 3 miles away.<\/p>\n

\"\"
A very wet start to the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not a massive problem under normal circumstances except that this morning it was pouring with rain and my good waterproof was in the day bag! So I set off with my light weight waterproof and was very damp within a few minutes. Luckily I was reunited with my bag at the first brew stop at 13 miles and donned my waterproof and every available bit of dry clothing and soon warmed up. The run to lunch was fairly flat with lovely smooth road surfaces so good progress was made. The route to the afternoon stop became hillier and the scenery similar to the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n

After the afternoon coffee stop the serious climbing began with a 10km climb up the Col de Guery which topped out at 1268 metres.<\/p>\n

\"\"
The climb to Col de Guery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The scenery was becoming more dramatic with the best views from the very top.<\/p>\n

\"\"
The view from Col de Guery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reward for the afternoon’s efforts was a cold but sweeping 5 mile descent into our destination of the ski resort of Le Mont Dore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

58.18 miles, ascent 1679 metres, average speed 10.6 mph, elapsed time 5 hrs 29 mins. The day did not get off to a good start. I had forgotten to put my name on my day bag which was dropped off at the hotel in Aubusson the previous evening – I was in a hotel some … Continue reading “Day 6. Aubusson to Le Mont Dore”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-channel-to-the-med"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}