Skate & Rail Ultra 2012 Day 8 4 August
Aix les Baines (FRA) - Lhuis (FRA), 78 km
By car: Aix les Baines - Chatillon (near Vions)
On skates: Chatillon - Lhuis, 78 km
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012, route map made by Michael Seitz.](imgsru12/sru12_08_map_m-seitz.jpg) Map used by courtesy of Michael Seitz.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0278.jpg) The youth hostel in Aix les Bains.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0276.jpg) The youth hostel in Aix les Bains.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0279.jpg) What it looked like in the back of the escort car.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0282.jpg) Prepared for yet another dag. (It is not my feet.)
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0284b.jpg) Car transfer from Aix les Baines to Chatillon (near Vions).
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0308.jpg) Skating along river Rhône.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0320b.jpg) The escort car driving behind us to protect us from the traffic.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0334.jpg) Arrival in St. Genix.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0337.jpg) Lunch in St. Genix.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0341.jpg) Skating along river Rhône.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0352.jpg) Pause.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0358.jpg) Pause.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0362.jpg) Pause.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0365.jpg) The day ended with 9 km uphill from Groslée to Lhuis. "06" started a race...
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0372.jpg) ...so I had to "respond".
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0403.jpg) In Lhuis the group was accommodated in two places, I was among them who stayed in castle Les Boissiéres.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0399c.jpg) The castle had nice rooms.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0400.jpg) The castle had nice rooms.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0407.jpg) The whole group gathered at Au Millieu des Fruits for a very nice dinner.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_08_0414.jpg) It was nice staying in the castle. Even the night entertainment was great.
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