Chloe Sanderson & Mary Thornton: Cycling Tales from the Raid Pyrenees

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In this episode I speak with Chloe Sanderson & Mary Thornton who recently bicycle toured coast to coast on the Raid Pyrenees route. This cycle tour would see them leave the shores of the Atlantic, Ocean to cross the entire Pyrenees mountain range until reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
I met Chloe and Mary whilst they were part-way through this challenge - we swapped details five kms from the top of the Col du Tourmalet and agreed to get together afterwards to see how it all went for them.
During this episode we spoke about what it was like each day dealing with mountain pass after mountain pass, as well as biblical thunderstorms whilst partway up the Col d'Aubisque. Mary and Chloe also shared what it was like to be immersed in the Pyrenees landscape for 9 days. It was fantastic to hear about their motivations for taking on such a mountainous bicycle tour as they shared that their recipe for success was down to a good amount of stubborn ignorance as well as being fuelled by French Boulangeries.

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