I had been on one of my bike rides around the Luberon hills, and had spent most of the first 15 miles of my ride climbing up. Although it was getting a little hot, that was fine, because all that work would let me have a free ride to the Abbey of Semaque supposedly tucked away in a field of lavender. As I reached to the road to the abbey, I could see it was a nice descent, although oddly enough the sign seemed to indicate that the the road would discontinue in my direction in 2.5 km. I of course ignored the sign, and In my usual topgraphical unpreparedness, rode down to the abbey despite increasing visual evidence that I'd have to climb back out. As I got to the gates amidst cars and tour buses, I realized that the road continuing on was one-way the other way, and I'd have to ride back up the way I came down. This unplanned climb in the heat with short water supplies made me a grumpy, and the freakin' little abbey in the lavendar field got two quick clicks of my camera before I turned around and rode off.
After all that my ride ended with a great descent through the hill town of Gordes, ending up a great ride, and all ended well (27 miles, 2900 feet of climbing).
The blasted Abbey of Semaque - probably a wonderful tourist destination, if one wasn't facing a bike ride out of it's valley
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