The GPS road tracklog
From Trans-en-Provence, tour in the Massif des Maures
Back to Trans-en-Provence
du 07/03/2014 au 12/03/2014
Weary of expect the signature of the sale
contract of my house at Peical, I left on
Monday, April 28 in excursion in the
Massif des Maures. I had bought the Green
Guide book of the Riviera I were going to
follow the roads of summits and passes. The day was
sunny. After Pierrefeu-of-Var I stopped at
the Estate of Sigalous which organized
off-road training courses. The lady met
informed that it did not make any more. On
the other hand she gave me the address
of the Château de Lastours as well as
of a certified instructor. On the way I noted that
tourists started to furrow the roads;
consequently I avoided Hyères that I had
time to visit in low season being at a
stone throw from Peical. I thus dawdled on the
road. I decided a bivouac above Bormes-les-Mimosas/Lavandou
on a waste ground on D 98.
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Bivouac & selfie |
The following day I explored the littoral.
It was a great disappointment; the seaside
was concreted hotels, more or less
luxurious residences. Admittedly the
roadway was remarkably bituminized to
accommodate the summer tourists… In a
word, to circulate there is nothing to
see. In Cogolin then Grimaud I took
secondary roads for the summit & pass road
up to Gonfaron. Little before I was
delayed at the Village of the Tortoises.
An initiatory tour furrows the park
where are stretched out more than 2,500
tortoises of the three species, tortoises
of Hermann, cestuses & Greek tortoises.
In addition various species of the world are
represented. Highly advisable visit which
is not solely intended to kids.
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A detour by a narrow secondary road led
me to the priory of Notre-Dame of the
Angels entirely restored in the 19th
century. Alas the iconoclasts of
technology built behind a gigantic
hertzian relay. A headland offers a superb
view on the surrounding mountains, the
sea, the islands of Hyères etc.
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N.-D.-des-Anges |
On April 30th I strolled on the pass road D 39
& D 14. Alas herds of
amateur cyclists travelling,
doubling by bravado made traffic very
dangerous on these small rolling mountain
roads. They wasted my pleasure by obliging
me with a great vigilance going until me
to stop by safety. Sign posts require to
share the road! Very disappointed
I returned by D 98 to Cogolin, then Ste. Maxime where I
had hard time during nearly one hour to catch D
25 to go back to Trans-en-Provence. This
last day taught me never to go on the
Riviera during the summer period of
holidays.