TOUR 7 The Pyrenees (high mileage)

TOTAL DISTANCE: 1895 miles RIDING TIME: Seven days

DAY ONE: Caen to Cognac (320 miles)

DAY TWO: Cognac to St Jean-pied-de-port (240 miles)

DAY THREE: St Jean-pied-de-port to Bagnères-de-luchon (210 miles)

DAY FOUR: Bagnères-de-luchon to Carcassonne (250 miles)

DAY FIVE: Carcassonne to Florac (240 miles)

DAY SIX: Florac to Luzy (285 miles)

DAY SEVEN: Luzy to Caen (350 miles)

Using overnight crossings to and from Caen, this tour takes in all our favourite roads in the French Pyrenees – plus the Cévennes and Auvergne on the way back. Longer days in the saddle may be better suited to solo riders than pillion couples.