Dayle in Limoux – Day # 12

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Le Soleil was intense. 105 today. 105. About 40-41C. On Le Tour race organizers were using water trucks to cool off the roads where someone reported the heat coming off the asphalt was about 158 degrees. This isn’t ‘just summer’ [climate change deniers]. Europe is burning. Gaia is burning.

Tomorrow, stage 15 into Carcassonne before the rest day, and then Limoux!

Love this capture of Tadej and Jonas climbing up to Mende today.

The market closes early on Sundays so stocked up on water today, lots; trying to stay hydrated. Toasted friends 5,000 + miles away for an event I couldn’t attend with the original sparkling wine before Dom found the recipe.

The monks had it going on in 1531. Champagne doesn’t come close to compare. Blanquette de Limoux is lovely and light and pure.

Vivez des moments intense. “Live intense moments.” Just do it. :)

It cooled down to 95 at 9 so ventured out to the square after conquering the French washing machine and hanging my clothes on a line to dry almost instantly in the heat. Time for that Blanquette de Limoux and a bottle of ‘intensity’ while reading Cathar history and planning excursions.

Cathar Cross

So many places to discover and explore. The Feast of Mary Magdalene is July 22nd. Really want to explore her cave in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. After Jesus’s death, it is believed Mary Magdalene made her way to France to a small town in Provence called Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte Baume. To be there on her day would be quite special, being, too, with the many pilgrims who have traveled there to commemorate her life after the time she spent with Jesus.

Or or or Rennes-le-Château where there’s a church created and dedicated to Mary Magdalene.

François Mitterrand visits Rennes-le-Château, March 2nd, 1981.

From the 2018 film Mary Magdalene. Couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it. Written by two women, Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett. It’s extraordinary.

We only come out at night; we only come out at night. The days are much too bright. We only come out at night. -Smashing Pumpkins

They do. Hoards. My new buds.

À bientôt.

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