{"id":273,"date":"2017-09-19T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T16:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:27:59","slug":"day-11-vaison-la-romaine-to-sault-via-mont-ventoux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-11-vaison-la-romaine-to-sault-via-mont-ventoux\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 11. Vaison la Romaine to Sault via Mont Ventoux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">38 miles, ascent 1964 metres, average speed 8.3 mph, elapsed time 4 hrs 35 mins.<\/p>\n<p>Left the hotel for an 8 mile ride to Malaucene for the start of the climb. Stocked up with food and left at 09:50. Engaged lowest gear and got my head down until Isabel&#8217;s goodie van after about 4 miles. A quick coffee and a banana and it was off again with the gradient varying from doable to just about doable. As we reached the summit the wind was very strong and very cold with ice falling from the overhead cables. Just time for a couple of photos before putting on all my available warm clothing and heading down. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-63-e1506251121278.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-63-e1506251121278.jpeg 2448w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-63-e1506251121278-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-63-e1506251121278-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-63-e1506251121278-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>The first part of the descent was very uncomfortable due the very strong crosswind trying to push us over the edge! I stopped at the Tommy Simpson memorial but my hands were so cold I couldn&#8217;t take a photo. Stopped at Chalet Reynard for a very welcome hot chocolate before a nice long sheltered descent into Sault. I treated myself to a relaxing massage. Group celebratory meal this evening \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>38 miles, ascent 1964 metres, average speed 8.3 mph, elapsed time 4 hrs 35 mins. Left the hotel for an 8 mile ride to Malaucene for the start of the climb. Stocked up with food and left at 09:50. Engaged lowest gear and got my head down until Isabel&#8217;s goodie van after about 4 miles. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-11-vaison-la-romaine-to-sault-via-mont-ventoux\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 11. Vaison la Romaine to Sault via Mont Ventoux&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-channel-to-the-med"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}