Back home in Provence having been driven down from the Vercors by wind, rain and low cloud... The clear blue skies of Provence lured us up the twisty road from Gemenos up the col de l'Espigoulier (725m) towards to the cool and forested heights of Mont Sainte Baume. The ancient path up to the ridge at the Col du St. Pilon (955 m.) has been improved by religious pilgrims since when Mary Magdalene spent the last thirty years of her life in a cave looking out over Roman Provence.