All, just got the confirmation from the Chalet Beyond people that they need to final reservation around end of November. The trip is now scheduled for the week of July 9th, we might leave here on the Sunday - and come back the week later (i.e. July 15th). The Tour de France stage 11 to the Croix de Fer is on Thursday (July 12th) falls within this week, so an excellent opportunity to see the real guns shooting up a mountain again (and collect some hats, detergent, and whatever). So far we have Alastair, Doug and Ben joining - so that makes four of us, but if there are any more brave cyclists who want to join, let me know before November 25th. I will make the reservations that weekend.