43/45.- Mont Ventoux

Not the most successful picture in the series, I must confess, although the orchard in the foreground and the olive grove in the middle bear witness to the fertility of the region, which produces both fruit and vegetables as well as; of course, olives.  But the series would not have been complete without a pictiure of this 1900-metre high mountain, dubbed "the giant of Provence".  The white cap is not snow, but sparkling white stone.  On the summit, there is an air force radar station and a radio station.  Climbing the Mont Ventoux is one of the heavy tasks imposed on the cyclists of the Tour de France bicycle rade.

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