Nick's biking blog

Yesterday I looked east across the plains of the Rhône, saw Ventoux standing like the Lonely Mountain and felt it call. Stayed at Bédouin last night and again tonight (alt. 309m, camping municipal "La Pinède"). A great experience to ride to the top, the road still covered with last year's Tour de France graffiti. 3 hours to get up. Two thirds of the climb you wind up through old woods, and then it opens out onto a final exposed section, still with snow. A super 22km descent (back the same way since the other side was closed) & a new top speed 66.9km/h on the speedo. Just had a beer in the town and now to bed.