Sunday, May 6, 2018

The donkey sanctuary 😍

I was very excited about this bed and breakfast and it hasn’t disappointed, I’ve always had a bit of thing for Eeyore.

It was a beautiful 33 mile ride to get here, still hilly but not as ridiculous as yesterday and I did the old fashioned navigation of following signposts instead of the excommunicated Garmin.
I wanted to see Simiane-la-Rotonde, another stunning ‘village de caractere’, which forms the apex of a triangle of the Luberon, Lure mountain and Ventoux and their different landscapes.







With unusually good planning, Support Crew and cyclist arrived at Mane at the same time, just in time for lunch.
The body needed rather a lot of carbs today, I can’t think why!



One of the locals was happy to help out with the excess carb load

The storms are brewing again but today we can watch them from a dry terrace with a glass of vin rose instead of from a soggy bike saddle!









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