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Autumn break and general meeting in Nant (Aveyron), 8 to 10 November 2019

The following people have contributed to this page presenting the holiday: IT and holiday managers

We'll be in Nant, Aveyron, for our autumn break and theAnnual General Meeting of 2019.

Some elements of the programme:

A reception will be held on site on Friday from 4.30pm. Rooms will be available from 5pm.

Start of Saturday's route: 8.30 am at the holiday centre
Start of Saturday's mountain bike trail: 8.30am in Sauclières (meet for car pooling at 8am at the holiday centre)
Start of Sunday's road and mountain bike routes: 8.30 am at the holiday centre

Full details of the programme are in the CCI you have received or can consult on the website.

You will find the headings below:

• Introduction to the region
• The circuits
• Hosting
• Note from the Board of Directors
• Registration
• Annual General Meeting of the Club des Cent Cols 
• Other activities or visits

Presentation of Nant

It's in the Aveyron that we're holding our General Meeting this year and our associated autumn break. Nant lies on the border between the mountainous Cévennes and the arid high plateaux of the Causses. This medieval village is situated on the Dourbie, a rushing river that, from its source near Mont Aigoual, has carved out the Gorges de la Dourbie to the east and the Canyon de la Dourbie to the north on its way to the Tarn, which it joins at Millau. We won't be going as far as the Aigoual, a beautiful mountain that we explored extensively during our 2011 trip to Camprieu. A few passes will nevertheless quench our thirst for autumn exploits. Within a radius of around forty kilometres, in addition to the Dourbie and the Aigoual, there are numerous sites to satisfy our tourist curiosity: Gorges du Tarn, Millau and its Viaduct, Saint-Affrique, Roquefort, the Chaos of Montpellier-le-Vieux, etc.

There are three sites on the Internet where you can find out more about Nant and the surrounding area:
Tourist Office (+33 (0)5 65 62 23 64) : website
Wikipedia : website

The routes

On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, a road circuit and a mountain bike circuit will be on offer. They are all accessible to all our members in terms of length, gradient and difficulty. The two mountain bike circuits have been tested in the field. 
While the mountain passes won't be exceptional, the scenery should satisfy even the most demanding cyclists. A brief description of the routes and gpx tracks will be available in the autumn.

Road routes

R1 : This 54km "Dourbie and Trézevel" route, with its 800m of ascent, takes you over the La Pierre Plantée and Rhodes passes.

R2 : In 62 km and 900 m of positive ascent, it will take you over the Campestre and Larzac Causses and take you over 3 passes.

Mountain bike routes

V1 : Leaving from the holiday centre, it will take you over 26 km and 800 m of ascent to discover 3 passes between Dourbie and Causse.

V2 : After setting off by car at 18 km, you'll be heading to "the source of the Burle"! Another 3 passes in 23 km and 650 m of ascent.

Hosting

Village Soleil Evasion, Domaine du Roc Nantais, Faubourg Bas,12230 NANT

Tel: +33 (0)5 64 13 64 37. Email address: nant@capfrance.com Roc Nantais website

It is located in the village, less than 200m from the town centre, in 3 hectares of parkland. The rooms are spacious and have separate bathrooms and WCs. All the usual facilities are available (bike room, car park, WiFi, etc.).

Note from the Board of Directors

If you arrange your accommodation elsewhere than at the holiday village, please let us know that you will be taking part in the holiday, for 3 reasons:

1. To be able to correctly size joint events (information sessions, welcome and farewell parties).
2. To be able to split up into several groups on the routes to improve safety for everyone.
3. To help organisers deal with any unforeseen events.

Other accommodation options

There is a public car park in the immediate vicinity of the Domaine du Roc Nantais: motorhomes are allowed to park there (as well as in the other car parks in the commune), but there are no connections (electricity, water, etc.).

Registrations

To register, download the PDF registration form from the link below and follow the instructions therein.
Please note that the registration form enclosed with this magazine and available on the Club's website includes two pages You will also need to sign the conditions governing the operation of the "solidarity fund". If you plan to be accompanied by your partner, be sure to register him/her as an associate member with your Territorial Delegate beforehand, and don't forget to enter his/her associate membership number in the box provided. If, and only if, a participant does not hold an FFCT licence, he/she must also take out compulsory insurance. Participation in the Solidarity Fund is included in the registration fee.

Depending on when you arrive and when you leave, the package is different:

• If you arrive on Friday for dinner and leave on Sunday after lunch, you will be charged €134.
• If you arrive for lunch on Saturday and leave on Sunday morning, you will be charged €61 for the half-board package plus €17.50 for lunch on the 9th.
• If you arrive for lunch on Saturday and leave on Sunday after lunch, you will be charged €71 for the board package plus €17.50 for lunch on the 9th.
• If you are coming without accommodation (either an overnight stay or your own accommodation), you can register for meals on Saturday lunchtime (€17.50), Saturday evening (€21.50) and/or Sunday lunchtime (€17.50). The Saturday evening meal has been improved.
• And so on.

Some may be tempted to extend their stay until Monday 11 November. We have negotiated with the accommodation provider the possibility of sleeping an extra night (from Sunday to Monday) with breakfast on Monday morning. This is the purpose of the "Option" line at €33. On the other hand, there will be no meal on Sunday evening, as everyone will have to make their own arrangements.

You can pay the registration fee by cheque or by transfer to the Club's account. In view of the additional fees charged, we do not accept payment by PayPal.

Members are allocated in the order in which the cheque is sent or the transfer is made. For the former, the postmark will be taken as proof, for the latter, please send us a copy of the transfer order. If the holiday is full, a waiting list will be set up, which will operate according to the same priority allocation rules as for direct enrolments.

Download the newsletter :

• Registration Form Nant
• Modulo d'Iscrizione Nant
• Registration form Nant

The deadline for receipt of entries is 30 September 2019.

Trombinoscope, a new feature:

When we meet up at trips (and other events), we meet a lot of friends and acquaintances, but we're not sure we know everyone's name, and we don't always dare admit it or ask. To try to remedy this, as announced at the Bédoin AGM, we are proposing to give each participant in the trips a simple trombinoscope of those present, with the photo, name and membership number of all those who have sent us (either beforehand or with their registration) their photo and authorisation to publish it on the trombinoscope page of the Club's website. You can send a digital photo of your face alone as a JPG file of good definition and quality, with a width/height ratio of ¾, clearly mentioning your name and membership number, to photodemembre@centcols.orgor directly at sejours@centcols.org who will pass on the information. Make sure you tick the yes or no box on the registration form, depending on whether you accept or not. If no box is ticked, the answer will be deemed negative. If you send a "paper" photo with your enrolment form, this will only be used for the trip's trombinoscope.

Annual General Meeting of the Club des Cent Cols

It will be held on site on Saturday afternoon. For more details, go to Annual General Meeting.

The invitation to the meeting and the statutory documents will be sent out as usual via an Info Cent Cols in October and will also be available on the website.

At the end of the work, we'll have a drinks reception to allow us to get together in a less formal way.

Other activities or visits

For those accompanying you, we can suggest a few visits in the vicinity of Nant.

• La Couvertoirade and La Cavalerie, Templar towns
• The Roquefort cellars
• Millau and its viaduct
• The villages of la Dourbie (les Cuns, Cantobre, Saint-Véran and la Roque-Sainte-Marguerite)