tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144051388547159240.post6052649168213835951..comments2024-02-19T10:15:55.380+00:00Comments on CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints: The Giant of Provence - defying the VentouxAndrew James Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693417061963197121noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144051388547159240.post-65792444566274195282008-06-29T07:13:00.000+01:002008-06-29T07:13:00.000+01:00You made a wise choice - an extra 25g would have f...You made a wise choice - an extra 25g would have finished me off let alone 25kg! And the wives still go up by car. Man, after that climb who'd want to loose the thrill of the descent? - You find yourself ecstatically muttering (sometimes quite loudly) "I climbed the Ventoux, I can't believe it." Still, it takes all sorts to make a world.<BR/><BR/>PS: I liked your blog site. A kind of perfect simplicity! Alors! On y va!Andrew James Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693417061963197121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144051388547159240.post-56103549503825892852008-06-28T20:30:00.000+01:002008-06-28T20:30:00.000+01:00Glad you made it up! I once bypassed it while on a...Glad you made it up! I once bypassed it while on a Provence bicycle tour (with 25kg of gear so I was not tempted one bit). And my aunt who lives 30 miles away in St Pantaleon Les Vignes west of Nyons drove us up there. What I could hardly believe: cyclists ride up and then have their wives pick them up by car on the top!<BR/>We were back this past summer and also visited Cassis on the coast: lovely!jUUggernauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842556481507708093noreply@blogger.com