A very frustrating day! First of all a long cimb up Col de Vars which was very hot and long - after previous climbs I thought this one would be easy but I guess theheat made it much harder. The other nightmare was the cloud of flies continually circling around my head and landing at any opportunity - drove me mad and it was a great relief to descend and leave them behind. Spent half the effort getting up the mountain trying to swat the stupid things. Just after getting to the valley floor and making for the next town (and turn off for the next pass) ran straight into a road block - road closed for next 3 hours as some sort of rockfall prevantative maintenance was taking place high above the road but this meant while it was going on large boulders were landing on the road. There was simply no other way round - this area was a very steep sided gorge. I gave up and went back up to the road to the very small local village and had a beer at the local bar. 4.30 the road finally reopens but by this time the storm clouds are gathering and therewas no point trying to start on another climb. Big thunderstorm tonight but should be bright and sunny in the morning. I'll see how I'm feeling then and decide what to do....
Today : Col de Vars. Total height climb 4,041ft today, 37, 960ft in total
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