day 3 & 4 Day 3 saw us driving from the small town of Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort., leaving the most wonderful hosts Cornelia and Etienne behind, towards the even smaller town in the Provençal region called Lafare. This small town was just a stones throw away from Mt Ventoux. The wind was howling that afternoon when we
day 5 Mt Ventoux Little history. Mont Ventoux, the name means “windy mountain”. A variety of flora and fauna may be found on the lower slopes but only moss survives at the peak, where temperatures can drop to -27’C. The bare white scree at the summit makes it look snow capped even during summer. We
Day 2 The two provinces of Languedoc and Roussillon stretch from the foothills of the Pyrenees on the Spanish border to the mouth of the Rhône. I can see why millions of holidaymakers flock here every year, in between the dry sunburned land, you find an area producing half of France’s table wine and the