Checkout ride to the col de l’Espigoulier (723 m.) just out of Marseille. An afternoon in preparation for a couple of days’ riding in Provence and maybe the Alps. A reminder of the fun and rush of the high revs riding style. Rider and bike largely OK but a scare with the battery: I had to bump start after my photo stop at the top of the hill. Rode home OK, a session on the optimiser and the battery seems good, this one was new only last year. New boots wearing in nicely.