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sigh) One day...
In late June / early July, I spent 2 weeks visiting every col my legs could manage:
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/2017-italy-and-france-alps-and-pyrénées-cycling-trip.220988/
Feel free to read it if you have the time (warning: it's an 18-post trip report, so takes a while to read).
I'd love to visit the
Parc naturel régional du Vercors one day.
Thanks for the read - you've done all the famous climbs I haven't! As much as anything I do my blog as an aide memoire, so I can re-enjoy my days on the bike. Also, given that now I'm (mostly) re-riding roads I've ridden before, the focus of my blog on photos gives me a good incentive to keep my eyes open for stuff or angles I've not seen before.
Incidentally, if you do do Vercors, I'd not base a whole stay on it: the weather up there can stay miserable for several days, even in the summer - my base to the south of the plateau gives me the option of going to Vercors on fine, hot days, but heading elsewhere on dodgier days. Also there are great, but somewhat limited choices of alternative routes... but must-see places are Col de la Bataille, Combe Laval, Gorges de la Bourne, the road up to Presles from there, and the Canyon des Ecouges. I've not done the Gorges du Nan yet, as it's too far for a day's ride from Die, but I gather that's good. My only regret is not passing my bike over the gate and riding down the out-of-bounds Grand Goulets balcony road: I walked it, my friend cycled, before we were told off by someone in a maintenance vehicle.