We went to Castellane and saw the Paris-Nice bike race whizz through, the peloton were in a happy mood, chatting, smiling and looking at the crowd. It was lovely and sunny and they were probably pleased to have almost completed the race. Well done Wiggins!
A couple of days later we decided to explore a little bit of Provence instead of going to San Remo. Glad to have made that choice as Cav didn't win Milan-San Remo, but we got to drive through breathtaking Provençal scenery on a blazing hot Spring day. We got to Vaison-La-Romaine and stayed there for a couple of nights. Gorgeous food, unbroken sunshine, fabulous Roman remains including a 7000 seater amphitheatre which is still used in the Summer for dance productions and for Paul our B and B host just happened to be the president of the local cycle club and took him out on the clubs Wednesday morning bike ride. While he was there Paul also took the opportunity to climb Mont Ventoux, an ambition he has held for a few years now. He enjoyed himself a lot that day and had a well deserved Croque Monsieur afterwards.
We got back to the chalet at the end of last week. We're now busy packing up ready to head off from here on the 31st March. I will be sad to leave Allos as it has been lovely living here in the mountains, but the next phase of our adventure is about to start.
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