Sunday 31 July 05
After a slow morning we finally hit the road. The Mistral had built up strength overnight and the going was pretty slow. Thank God the ride today was mostly downhill.
We ran into another Dutch cyclist in Aurel and got talking about cycling in France etc. After about 20 mins we were back on the road. For the next 20kms we decended slowly to the valley floor. It would have been an awesome decent however with the Mistral blowing we actually had to pedal.
We stopped just before St Leger for some lunch before we started our hardest climb of the day. We finally arrived in the campground only to be placed in the smallest hottest spot available. I have to admit that we did not have a reservation but we still had to pay the same (Euro19 per night) as someone with a car. Bastards!!
We were happy to find that there was a swimming pool on site - we were alreadly planning alzy afternoon when the manager advised that you are not allowed to swim in shorts. Not allowed to swim in shorts - what the.....! Well that counted Cam out unless they allowed him to swim in his Bonds : ) Don't think so!
After setting up camp and making a temporary sun shade with the tent's fly we just chilled out - happy to be out of the wind.
After some dinner we walked into town to have a look around. Vaison is famous for it's old Roman Amphitheatre and bridge. On top of the hill is a really cool Medievil town along with an old fort. We wondered through the old town before heading op to the fort for a great view of town. After taking some pics we headed back to the campsite and to bed.
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