Mont Ventoux
We had a lazy start to today with a tasty French brunch of cheeses, pates and fresh French bread.
This afternoon we drove up to Mont Ventoux which is a dizzying 1912m above sea level. The views were breathtaking, literally. The wind was so strong it felt like it was sucking the air out of our lungs. The temperature dropped from about 25C at the base to about 9C at the top.
Mont Ventoux features every now and then in the Tour de France. It’s certainly popular with cyclists on holiday. The village we stopped at at the foot of the mountain was filled with cyclists who were on their way up or had just returned from the 21km trip up the mountain. In fact the road way up to the summit even has its own cycle path.
Most of the cyclists were in fact Dutch, we counted at least a few dozen. I guess they’re learning the hard way that not everywhere is flat! Overtime it seems that the various cyclists have written messages of encouragement on the roadway up to the summit. A lot are in Dutch but the one that caught our attention was on the very summit itself. It simply read thuis, “Home” 😀
