Tuesday- La Grave>lost>lake> Bourg d'Oisans. > Vaujany

I think I had a good sleep here, benefits of being higher up in the mountains is that it cools down extensively at night. Yay. I'm at the point in my life however where I 'm not sure if it is actually summer heat or hormones .... likely both I'd say. Woke early so had a wee walk round the village. Very pretty. Gutted we weren't going to be there long enough to take the cable car visible opposite.

Bags down, brekky then off on the 30 km descent to Bourg d"oisans. Of course the group splintered by the time we got to the Bourg and somehow, following what Garmin was directing us, Dave, Steph, Tanya and myself ended up at. the other end of town realising we were not anywhere near the lake! We checked the Life 360 app which showed everyone else at the opposite end of town.... thanks to some actual navigating, Tanya got us back om course and we finally arrived at the car park to see the vans which were all locked up and no support crew there.........the lake was 1km down a path/ gravelly road so Dave volunteered to go down and grab the key while we decided that by the time we got there, the others would be finished swimming so no point. Have to confess was slightly cranky at this point.........anyhoo, we made it down then was time for a scenic team photo in our Epic camp kit ... and a group excursion by bike to the Intermarche ( supermarket) to stock up on any goodies needed for race and snacks....then was time to have coffee in Bourg, check out the bike shop before heading to Vaujany which was 21 km away but a 5km climb ( 900m up from Bd'O). So excited just couldn't hide it :-)

Cool bunch of peeps.

Bourg d"Oisans, coffee.....shopping for TdF + bike propaganda....... Once caffeinated we set off for Vaujany, winding through town on a bike path which took us almost all the way to the Lac du Vernay ( swim location for Thurs. Its a hydro lake, not for general public use) then the climb up to Vaujany. Jeezus!! Beautiful ride on a narrow, winding road through little villages but steep. I was starving having not eaten since brekky apart from half a nutella filled crepe....it was baking hot by this time too.......lots of groaning and moaning from the group and we finally made it..... to the main chalet anyway where lunch had been waiting, already devoured by the others...

Extra chamois time for sweaty and hungry humans Post lunch then had to navigate my way to my chalet, a room to myself for the next 3 nights and a double bed !! BLISS. The chalets are luxurious and like a proper home. Front loader washing machine, dishwasher, comfy lounge, decked out in IKEA. Can I just stay here forever? Just kidding, would miss my dogs too much.

Chalet Polaris. Views were magnificent.