{"id":601,"date":"2018-06-07T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2018-06-07T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:54:07","slug":"day-4-luberon-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-4-luberon-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 Luberon Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very \u00a0poor WiFi connection so was not able to complete the post yesterday.<\/p>\n

60 miles, 1361 metres climbed, average speed 11.1 mph.<\/p>\n

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Hotel Sainte Anne in Apt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Getting ready for the day and waiting for the rest of the group to arrive from their hotel. We had the option of a long or short ride today but didn’t need to decide until the morning brew stop at about 17 miles. There was a gradual climb for the first six miles or so then a gradual descent through vineyards and olive groves. Our first of several hilltop towns was Lacoste.<\/p>\n

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The view back from Lacoste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the small hilltop village of Oppede Le Vieux we came across an art group painting or drawing the local architecture.<\/p>\n

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Art class in Oppede Le Vieux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This part of the route was characterised by steepish climbs up into hilltop towns and villages, sometimes along cobbled roads. A lovely prepared picnic lunch was waiting at the commune car park at Chevalier Blanc, some 27 miles into the ride. Just before we arrived at lunch we heard a clap of thunder followed by a light shower but \u00a0nothing more.<\/p>\n

After lunch we travelled along narrow lanes, with good surfaces and mostly on the flat heading for the afternoon brew stop at 46 miles. We then climbed \u00a0 through steep sided gorges and up through the village of Buoux finally reaching the high point at about 1600 metres. The last 5 miles was a twisting descent in the rain and taken cautiously.<\/p>\n

A great day’s riding with a lovely sociable and supportive group of 6 in total.<\/p>\n

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A very \u00a0poor WiFi connection so was not able to complete the post yesterday. 60 miles, 1361 metres climbed, average speed 11.1 mph. Getting ready for the day and waiting for the rest of the group to arrive from their hotel. We had the option of a long or short ride today but didn’t need … Continue reading “Day 4 Luberon Loop”<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-week-in-provence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","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=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}