1.     Precedent

Muggaccinos has completed three tours to The Alps:

1.    French Alps 2012

2.    French Alps 2013

3.    Italian Alps 2014

Snapshot of cycling Itinerary

1st Base Camp at Bourg d’Oisans - by 5pm Tues, 3rd Sept  -  5 nights  -  5 ride days (5th ride day is over Croix de Fer to 2nd Base Camp)

2nd Base Camp at St. Jean de Maurienne - arrive Sunday, 8th Sept - 6 nights - 5 ride days

Fly home from Lyon, France on Sat 14th Sept

2.    Excel Flight and Train schedule - Sydney to Lyon Int'l Airport

Muggs are re-visiting the French Alps in Sept 2019, 'cause past experience evidences that Autumn is more temperate in the French Alps than in the Italian Alps that are closer to the Arctic and at a higher elevation.  We froze in the Dolomites in August 2014. The French Alps are still balmy in September.

*   Phil aka BankTeller's  flight ticket with Emirates - visiting Sergey aka Sputnik in St Petersburg Russia in late August, then arriving Lyon on Tues, 3rd Sept and flying home from Lyon on Sat. 14 Sept.

*   Jean aka ChiliDog and his wife, Denise, have booked flights on Emirates thru Expedia, spending 23 days in France - arriving Lyon on Tues, 3rd Sept

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Below is TVG train timetable from Lyon to Grenoble midweek @ AUD34 single ticket - a train every 30 mins approx. throughout the day

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Below is Bus Timetable from Grenoble to Bourg d'Oisans - 52km - midweek @ AUD13 single ticket - a bus every 120 mins throughout the day

3.      Summary of Arrival Schedule to 1st Base Camp by 5pm on Tues, 3 Sept 2019

Monday, 2-Sept-19 - Fly from Sydney to Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport on Emirates/QANTAS, Etihad, Singapore Airlines/Lufthansa or British Airways

Tuesday, 3-Sept-19  From 10:30am Half hourly departure TVG train from Lyon to Grenoble (1 hr: 30 min travel - AUD$34)

Tuesday, 3-Sept-19  12:05pm, 2:35pm or 4:30pm  Bus 52km from Grenoble to Bourg d'Oisans (55 mins trip = AUD$11 - depart roughly every 120 mins)  Transisere  Transisere

4.       Transport schedule from 1st Base Camp at Bourg d'Oisans to 2nd Base Camp at St Jean de Maurienne on Sunday, 8 Sept 2019

https://www.itinisere.fr/en/route-schedules/6/RouteSchedules/bourg-doisans-vizille-grenoble/149/grenoble-vizille/1?Date=9%2F8%2F2019&Hour=5&Minute=10&Meridian=AM

Bus from Bourg d'Oisans to Grenoble on Sunday, 8 Sept @ 8:35am, 10:30am 1:15pm.  Trip takes 1hr 25 min

Transisère  Coach 3000 

• GRENOBLE via Vizille to BOURG D'OISANS

• BOURG D'OISANS via Vizille to GRENOBLE

If all Attendees want to ride from Bourg to St Jean de Maurienne (over Croix de Fur), then we can arrange for a taxi to take our luggage:

• Taxibel  +33 4 79 59 17 34

• Taxi Rol Rémy et Fils  +33 4 79 59 81 68

• Taxis A.C. Gander   +33 6 31 79 90 68

If the weather is a bummer, we can catch a Bus and train, from Bourg via Chambéry to St-Jean-de-Maurienne - 4h 17min - includes 1hr transfer - $33 to $53

5.       Six nights at 2nd Base Camp at St Jean de Maurienne from Sunday, 8 Sept 19, departing early Sat 14th Sept

Click on 16 Days Climbs Schedule used in 2013.

6.       Train from Second Base Camp at St Jean de Maurienne to Grenoble on Sat, 14 Sept -  EUR24.30
*   departs 9:37am arrive 12:02pm
*   depart 10:27am arrive 12:27pm
*   depart 12:20pm arrive 2:02pm

7.       Regular trains from Grenoble station to Lyon on Sat 14 Sept - AUD$40.38  -  1hr 20 mins trip

          On Sat 14th Sept, trains depart Grenoble bound for Lyon approx half hourly, incl 11.22pm, 2.27pm, 2.50pm, 3.24pm, 3.50pm, 4.27pm - trip time is approx. 1hr 25 min AUD$40.38 fare

https://www.thetrainline.com/book/results?origin=b6a31c17cf9b572760dac13f12115b88&destination=fc3baa0026b5ce022f23ea0438fb7cbb&outwardDate=2019-09-14T10%3A30%3A00&outwardDateType=departAfter&journeySearchType=single&passengers%5B%5D=1993-08-21%7Cb5cf98ec-9956-4d95-99ca-0adecfc977ae&selectedOutward=91NWBLqD%2BDE%3D%3AWL9yuNthE8c%3D%3AStandard

8.       Return flights from Lyon to Sydney