Day 25: 40 miles (924) to Moustiers- Ste Marie

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Every strata the same . Grapefruit and porridge is our favourite. Buy some bread at the Boulangerie and maybe an avocado for butter .
The eager anticipation of the days route makes me want to get on
Leaving Forcalquier is a nice experience as it pretty well downhill for several miles to the Durance river . The hunt for coffee is on which we find in busy Oraison. Market day too , hustle and bustle with vegetables and flowers and also ladies trousers for anorexia! We decide to go off piste up a little valley which was bliss … but also knowing there was a 300 metre climb at the end . Extra lube for all . Ceri waits patiently at the top . Definitely a beer hill which was rectified in Puimoisson . I left most of my energy on the hill and am much relieved that the afternoon is mostly downhill to Moustiers- Ste Marie . Such a beautiful village tucked into a cliff .
No good time to mention this really but French roads for cyclists are so so smooth, makes a big difference
The sign of a successful holiday is I suppose is that you don’t want it to end . This is one

Cappuccino in Oraison 😳
Bargains for the super skinnies!
High Provence
And another hill
The top
Yay
Olive groves
We never take this sky for granted
Cycling towards the mountains
Approaching Moustier
Moustier ( suspended gold star high in the sky)
Eagles flying around the star reflecting the setting sun
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