Day 3 Remoulins to Avignon

The first few miles out of Remoulins weren't very pleasant, quite a busy main road, but the main problem was the wind.  Fortunately it was blowing from our left so it was generally trying to blow us off the road rather than into the centre of the traffic, but some of the gusts caused us to wobble severely! The other concern was whether some of the high sided lorries would blow over on top of us, it was really that windy.

However we soon got off on to some really quiet side roads through the vineyards where there was some harvesting going on using machines like combine harvesters. Only got slightly lost once when we went the wrong way up a dirt track.

Onwards to Avignon stopping off at a bike shop on the outskirts to buy some oil for our chains plus a lightweight jacket for me since these items were in the panniers which are still missing, probably never to be seen again!

Avignon is quite a spectacular town, we had a trip round the Palace des Papes but to be honest it is far more impressive from the outside than within.

Tomorrow we are planning on going to Bedoin with the intention of having a go at Mont Ventoux the following day, however with the wind as strong as it is at low levels it is hard to imagine what it must be like over 5000 ft up!!

Today's route http://www.strava.com/routes/947239