{"id":313,"date":"2017-09-21T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T16:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:29:31","slug":"day-13-moustier-sainte-marie-to-castellane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-13-moustier-sainte-marie-to-castellane\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 13. Moustier Sainte Marie to Castellane"},"content":{"rendered":"

50 miles, ascent 1475 metres, average speed 10.5 mph, elapsed time 4 hrs 46 mins.<\/p>\n

A short, hard, brilliant day. A big climb to the rim of the Gorge du Verdon which we reached after about 12 miles and with some stunning views. We set off under a blue sky, chilly at first but warmed up on the climb.<\/p>\n

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A friendly local on the way up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from Col d’Illoire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we reached the the view point we were buzzed by a very low flying French airforce Mirage going into the gorge.<\/p>\n

Just before we entered the tunnel,below, Rob our leader met us with ice lollies – a lovely thought.<\/p>\n

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Pauline, Pauline, Ice cream man Rob, Sandra and me at the high point of the Gorge du Verdon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pauline, Pauline, Sandra, Mick and me – with lollies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Pont de l’Artuby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had a long descent with trees of varying colours lining the route. The road was quite busy with camper vans, motor cycles and the occasional tour bus so care had to be taken, particularly rounding the tight bends. Just before our cafe lunch we crossed a bridge over the gorge. As has become traditional there was a long climb after lunch. Afternoon brew came up after 38 miles and then there was a lovely section following the river Verdon into Castellane.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken by a kind German motor cyclist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luckily I managed to find access to the river and gave my feet a very welcome soak.<\/p>\n

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A relaxing soak in the Verdon River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last day tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

50 miles, ascent 1475 metres, average speed 10.5 mph, elapsed time 4 hrs 46 mins. A short, hard, brilliant day. A big climb to the rim of the Gorge du Verdon which we reached after about 12 miles and with some stunning views. We set off under a blue sky, chilly at first but warmed … Continue reading “Day 13. Moustier Sainte Marie to Castellane”<\/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-313","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\/313","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=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}