of Mt Ventoux, heading towards Orange. A quick coffee
stop at the town of Bedarrides, alongside River Sorgues,
then to the hightlight for the wine lovers - tasting
at the vineyard of the celebrated Mont Redon winery
of the AOC/Region Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
A lovely picnic amongst vines, then a short hop to
Orange for our overnight stop. The town has superb examples
of roman architecture, including the theatre antique,
built around 10AD. The Theatre Antique is well
preserverd and still in use for concerts, seating over 10,000.
Hotel in pedestrianised area of town, opportunity to explore
before dinner
total cycling distance 49km, gps reports 59.7
addendum to yesterdays notes - 'squirrels' - last time I
was in France I asked the question, 'with all these
chestnut, oak.. trees, why are ther no squirrels ?',
and was told France simply didnt have them. This is in fact
incorrect - I saw several from a distance, yesterday
addendum to today's notes - yep, the eating well from the
last ~2 weeks (plus the extra hot weather), made even the 2
small hills MURDER......
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