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20/05/2008, 17:10 Mark Joined on 15/11/2005 85 then 09 Posts 461 Col de Tourmalet TdeF - camping Good afternoon. My partner and I shall be watching the TdeF in the rarified atmosphere of the Col de Tourmalet in July.  Does anyone know if there's a campsite nearer than Bareges?  I know the area reasonably well but haven't noticed any camping on the higher slopes.  Normally, we'd just doss down under a tent on the slopes of the col somewhere, but Mrs Me will be heavily pregnant by then and is therefore insisting on some degree of luxury, like water and stuff.  A campsite - HA - I ask you!  She'll be wanting a namby-pamby hospital to have the baby in next. Ahem, anyway, are we to camp at Bareges and join the traffic jam next morning, or is there a cunning place higher? Could just buy a motor home I suppose. Thanks all.      www.lepicvert.com    Report

02/07/2008, 2:22 Stefan Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 150 Re: Col de Tourmalet TdeF - camping Fraid not..just hard ground , go on, buy the motor home, you know it makes sense (as do the Dutch/Germans/French)....who do you reckon - Evans? enjoy.    Report

02/07/2008, 8:21 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 160 Re: Col de Tourmalet TdeF - camping hi never mind a motorhome, stick to camping, unless you can live with heavy depreciation, high running costs, water ingress and a vehicle that is only good for one purpose.  If you need a bit of luxury by a vw multivan and keep the tent.  We are late 50s and have the ford equivalent van.  Watch out for the vultures and the mist that decends in the evening on the col.     Report

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