The joys of cycling in Roujan

At the moment we have some lovely singers staying at Le Couvent. They're all on a singing course in the village - and they have a chunk of each afternoon off. Three of them decided to borrow the convent bikes for a sortie to the Chartreuse de Mougeres.

Within moments of leaving the village the were accompanied by a big Rottweiler puppy. Before you get too alarmed, she was a delightful, friendly and sweet dog. However, she wanted to go with them, and was relentless in her quest. Faced with no choice, they turned back to the convent. Ali took the willing dog off to the Mairie (town hall) where the staff all looked horrified and asked her why she'd taken it there. Presumably she was supposed to leave it in the street, despite the fact it liked charging at moving cars. At that moment another worker from the village came in, said he knew the owner and would take her to him. Phew.

Our intrepid cyclists had set off once more and had a wonderful, unaccompanied, ride through the vineyards.