We started the morning early on Wednesday and headed into Aix to catch the bus to Vauvenargues where we started our trek up Saint Victoire. This small mountain is probably best known as the subject of many paintings by Paul Cezanne, the highest point is a little over 1000m and we climbed to about 950m I think. I was an hour and twenty minutes up, a really good track, but some parts quite steep, and about fifty minutes back down. The first half of the track was a dirt road, even sealed in parts, winding through pine forests. The second part was more like a goat track rocky with switchbacks up the mountain. There is a church at the top, and a cross.
The other side of the mountain is very steep. There are a number of walks and climbs up to the top, but we had chosen an easy one.
We stopped for fresh bread, avocado and banana at the top which was delicious!! The views were amazing, we could see down into Vauvenargues, over into Aix and even a good view of a dam - which would please my dad. I sent him a text from the top!!
We walked from the place the bus had left us and we started the walk and into Vauvenargues town where we had lunch. There is the Palais Picasso, an old castle in this town, and we had some lunch at a cafe looking out at the castle and the mountain we had just climbed... very satisfying!!
We headed home and after a little lie down (LLD) we finished the day with a bbq with the gang - lovely!!
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