We'll try that later

The only section we have left to complete the Swiss cycling "Route 1" involves riding over the Furkapass, a very steep climb. We're not quite up to that yet, so we're putting it off "until we're fitter". In the meantime, we have been spending spare weekends cycling around the canton of Geneva and discovering a side to the place that we weren't aware existed.

Yesterday we were accompanied by our friends Bob and Zydre. The picture shows us having a coffee break in Vernier, which is a gorgeous village but unfortunate to be under one of the flight paths from the Geneva airport.

The canton (state) of Geneva has a large wine growing district called Satigny that was our destination. We resisted the temptation of the numerous wineries and stuck to cycling amongst the vines. We had lunch on the banks of the River Allondon near Russin, then headed around through Peney to Vernier, then back into the city.

The path we followed for most of this 43km ride is "Route 102", which starts from the back of Cornavin Railway station in the Geneva city centre. An excellent day's ride, without a mountain pass in sight.