Second part of my bike trilogy was only a day after my bike trip to Lac de Moiry. Together with Daniel, we went to trip from Neuchâtel. I was quite happy to go (for a change) on somewhat flatter surface than Alps -- Jura is much flatter, isn't it? Well, although certainly Jura mountains are not so high as Swiss Alps, they are not negligible. In fact, we started with serious 500m climb directly from Neuchâtel to Valangin and then to Les Hauts-Geneveys where we had lunch. From there we obviously continued to the highest peak in the vicinity - Tête de Ran.
Here I must say that I really prefer Alps than Jura for a simple reason -- when you finally climb some high Alpine pass, the way down is zero-energy-expenditure. However, Jura is quite different. You are still going down and up and down and up ... Anyway, we descended to La Chaus-de-Fonds and took (hilly) bike road towards Tramelan. However, near St Imier it was clear that we are far behind the schedule (mainly because of me, Daniel was always faster). Thus, we descended to St Imier where we learn that we missed the train. And because Daniel was really in the mood for some serious workout, he suggested that we climb Mt Soleil while waiting for a train.
To sum up -- never underestimate Jura mountains. They might not be so big but they are still big enough to cause consistent trouble ;-)
P.S. More photos are
here.
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