The Esterel Massif

It was hot, hot, hot again, so a day of little bits of exercise in between long cold showers, of which I've had four today. I went for a shortish bike ride into the Esterel Massif (posted) in the morning before joining E and friends for a swim, which was a rare event for me and rather wonderful. I can see why so many people love to spend time in the water as opposed to slogging up mountains.

Nevertheless, after a few hours of blobbing and too heat-exhausted to be creative, I somehow found myself slogging up the hills behind the town here and up into the Esterel Massif again. It just kind of happened! The tracks were just too inviting. Strangely, I didn't see another soul.