Nyons

Olive town on the Eygues in the Drôme provençale, France. See Provence.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Nyons and La Route de l’Olivier.	Mostly Bikes x Me	journey waypoint	A ride to the olive town to buy olives direct when the market seller didn’t show.
Race the wind north.	Mostly Bikes x Me	journey waypoint	Where the rider hits the wall of mistral, buys olives and turns for home.

Today we rode to Nyons via La Route de l’Olivier, a small spur road off the climb the Col de la Croix Rouge, to source them ourselves.

Role: journey waypoint
In the article: “Our usual olive guy wasn’t at the market yesterday”, so the riders cycle to Nyons by La Route de l’Olivier, a small spur road off the Col de la Croix Rouge climb, to buy olives themselves.
Why it matters: Nyons is the destination of the ride and the reason for it. The post is two sentences and photos, so the role is small.

I didn’t hit the wall of wind until Nyons where I stopped briefly to acquire a sack of the village’s famous olives.

Role: journey waypoint
In the article: Riding north to set up a tailwind for the return, the author meets the full force of the wind at Nyons, stops for a sack of olives, then turns south through the valley below Montauleiu and onto forest gravel.
Why it matters: The ride’s turning point; the town’s olives make it the natural stop, as in the earlier post.