Aptitude Test

I don't want to gloat or anything, but we're sat in a Bistro in Saignon, a very pretty Provençal hill top village, between salad and ice-cream with the sun trying to find the gaps in the shade to fry my head.
We left Pernes after visiting the cycle museum and market and left with even fonder feelings towards the town.
The climb over the Col de Murs was as hard as expected but we were encouraged by a multitude of French Sunday cyclists sharing the climb.

It did feel as if all my muscles had been replaced with jelly. I think we allowed ourselves to get a bit dehydrated on the ride from St Martin.
Rang ahead and secured a place at the municipal in Apt.
Arrived at lunchtime after a hard and hot 42k. I could barely stay awake let alone put the tent up.
7€ a night with a great atmosphere (very like music festival complete with strolling minstrels ) with loads of tourers both cycle and walkers. Turns out we're on a cycle route that runs E towards Sisteron.
Because of our general state of knackerdness and the cheapness of the site we decided to stay here a couple of days.
We now have some English neighbours, two of whom are on a climbing holiday and the other is on a two week bike tour of the area on her own. We also chatted to a French lad from Marseille who has given advice about our route to Narbonne. "Don't go to Marseille" he said "There's nothing there for tourists".
So we're here in Saignon, still waiting for pudding, but who's rushing? Tomorrow we start to cross the Luberon mountains, we'll probably give Aix a miss and head towards Pertuis depending on camp sites.
2 hours later, ice-cream and coffee arrive. Just remains now to roll back down the very big hill we climbed to get here.

Only we decided to make a loop, so we carried on up and over through small villages, harvested lavender fields, and views towards what may or may not have been Mont Blanc (right direction, big and white but surely too far. ) then down and back along the cycle track. So much for a day off the bikes.