Alpine Strikes Gold!!!

What a day it was yesterday!

35km,1000 m and 10,000 calories!!
Riders: Tanya, Missile, Alpine

Avoided cows on the road on the way up....
9.00 am Les Diablerets - Alpine ready and waiting to go!!
"Discuss" with the telecabine attendant (Alpine) two weekends in a row!!
Smile impishly (Alpine)
Climb Climb Climb - everyone - what a rude start, but NO SNOW this time!
Swear Swear Swear - Missile's bike is making 'derailleur out of adjustment' noises
Adjust Adjust Adjust - missile scores the first -ve of the day...cable issues! Grrr!!
Arrive at the col des Anderets - Awesome view of the Arnese lake and 'suisee toto' (Kanton Bern!!)
Very technical single track follows - missile and alpine go by foot some of the way, Tanya beginning to think 'oh sh!t'
Fantastic technical and flowy(ish) singletrack down to the lake.
Alpine rips his side wall, missile provides patch!! -ve to Alpine +to missile
Tanya really thinking....oh sh!t!! But doing very well!! No OTB's...YET
No one is watching - into the no entry for bikes path...oh well, had to be done
Climb climb climb (a bit)
Down down down, loads of whoops, yeee haaa
Marsh Marsh Marsh - Tanya and Missile get wet feet, Alpine stays dry
Woo hoo woo hoo....fantastic single track, loads of stairs, tricky, fast, FUN !!
Hello Feutersoey!! The green pastures of Nern follow
Fields paved with terrace flag stones (see the picture) !!! Only in Bern?!
Stupendously tough climb to col du pillon - everything rideable but only just!
All are DEAD at the top. Horseflies abound.
Quick coke in col du pillon, then up to lad de renaud, er retaud!!
ROSTI. Beer. Salad for the lady!
Awesome downhill (Tany thinking....aaaaahhhh).
Alpine flats again (but nor really so only 1/2 of -0.5 !!
Roaring waterfalls have to be seen to be appreciated - amazing.
Then the cherry on the cake for the boys and Tanya's nemesis...
Flowing, technical, fast, rocky, rooty, wonderful single track all the way down to diableret.
Tanya wins 2.5 OTB points FOR 5 OTB's
Bruised she started, even more bruised she finished, and...bleeding too +0.5 blood points
She also earns an extra Bonus of +1 for keeping a brave face in adversity, not moaning at all and even still smiling after such a trial !! One tough lady.

Alpine +2 bonus for amazing ride - really one for the best rides in the area for its combination of amazing views, technical descents, flowy tracks, steep climbs, and overall challenging terrain: a real ***** ride

One word: GRAND!!