Col du Tourmalet and Col d’Aspin

Day one in the Pyrenees with the Harrogate cycling crew. Up Tourmalet first thing, lunch at La Mongie on the way down and then straight up the Col d’Aspin. We have have nothing to compare to this in North Yorkshire so my training has consisted of tackling the same hills two and three times. we got up there and managed to complete three days of climbing so it paid off. I now need to gain a little more courage on the descents!