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53

Sambadel to Allègre

I love this bit of the route, great tarmac, beautiful views on what seems like a high plateau, and largely downhil.  The swish of tyres on tarmac.

Got to Allègre, found the campsite and got set up and immediately met a family who were also there for the VHP festival: Gerald, Veronique and Agate their daughter.  Gerald had a Seiran and a Brompton with an extra seat for Agate, and Veronique had a recumbent, though a rather heavy one that didn't handle too well at speed.

We all cycled in to Allègre, only 1km away, if that, and had supper with Jean-Charles and Chantal.  Jean-Charles was the organiser of the festival and had been extremely helpful when I was planning the trip, answering my many questions on the VHP Forum.

54

Allègre, fête médiéval

Saturday, 16th July

I didn't get up too early but then cycled in to Allègre to have some breakfast, or at least some coffee.  I got talking to someone outside this café about the bike who turned out to own said café I found out when I later when in for a café au lait.

Allègre was a very pretty little village, though built on a steep hill which meant climbing to get anywhere.  The centre is medieval, just below here is an arched gate into the village centre and it so happened that this weekend, today was Saturday, was a medieval fete.

Here are a couple of videos, and by the way they can take a little while to load so don't be surprised if you see a blank black square for a while, the first (10Mb) is of two musicians dressed as frogs  wearing spring stilts.  The second (26Mb) is of the initial procession.