July

[Nigel]

It's good to hear you mention Mont Ventoux, Glaconman, and to see you hitting the carreteras in the Spanish sun, Bierzo Baggie.

I climbed Ventoux on foot once, and visited the monument to Tom Simpson, too, as every cycling fan surely must.

As I recall, it's a pretty and legendary ascent up from Carpentras, passing lavender fields, conifer forest and finally a wild and hostile white lunar landscape. The climb rises the better part of 2 000 m over 24 km.

Having recently dispatched the Côte de Ditchling, it's crossed my mind to ride that famous climb. So just let me know when you've got those bikes of yours ready, and perhaps we can fix an RC ride up there, one day ...?