Hot enough for June.
Tested things with a quiet ride around the small mountain area to the west of Malaucène today, it was very warm and very beautiful. 60 kilometres logged (without any bags this time, just carried the most basic repair tools as extra), and with an average speed somewhat higher than yesterday (it would have been embarrassing if not). Logged a total of 1609 kilometres since Alkmaar when I returned back to the hotel, 1000 miles. Well, that is at least something. I'll probably add another 150 kilometres to that before Aix and that will be it. It is too hot for the mountain, at least for an old man. There is a limit to how much I want to stimulate the sales of cold Perrier around these parts; today the consumption was something like one bottle on average every 8 kilometres.
Do not know anything about local temperatures, except that when I was in an air-conditioned bar in Gigondas, the thermometer on the inside showed 32C. That was noticeable cooler than on the outside.
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