Winds not too bad so up up and up the hill we pedal a 19% gradient, mama mia for want of better words it was tough tough, Rod made it to the top, I didn't - blamed it on the stomach virus I had been dealt with two days earlier and hadn't fully recovered. What a challenge!!! The view was fantastic, glad I have hydraulic disc brakes for the downward slide. The road was closed up the top but we decided just to keep climbing and go to the top anyway. Dow...

Wow lets head to Cassis - and check out Marseille on the way. Loaded up bikes and took off from our French Hosts in Miramas for a night away. Well - Marseille is a big jungle, the port area was nice but we decided to just keep heading over the hill to Cassis and what a view it was, an amazing coastline. We arrived, parked the car and walked around and around with great small town with a Marina and it smelt of $$$$. The beach was very small and crowded, any spo...