Ascension day

The Jura mountains south west of Basel start from the close suburbs. This allows short rides of 40km or so of hilly riding amongst vineyards, open fields, open views from the center of town on a week day evening after work.
On this ride, I was attempting to climb my first 1000m+ pass in Switzerland. I had tried a week earlier, reaching the top of Passwang to discover the road took a tunnel for the final stretch, so the altitude was limited to 943m. This pass is popular with motorbikers and other traffic, especially at the weekend and with good weather, but the views, challenge of the climb and of course descent make it worthwhile.
As Thursday was Ascension day holiday in Switzerland it made sense to climb higher and make it to the next higher pass in the Jura mountains. This means Col de la Scheulte / Scheltenpass, very close to Passwang in fact the eastern end of the road starts on a bend of the descent of Passwang. The top is 1,151m so passing the 1000m mark with ease. The route of Scheltenpass means the ride is extended out to Delemont adding a 25km detour or so to the south west. It was a very cool day compared to recent rides, down to 11 degrees in the hills from 28 in town a day or so before. Also, heavy mist in the mountains meant I was concerned about getting wet and cold on the descent, but luckily the weather improved during the ride and there was no need for wind breaker or waterproofs.
Delemont was clearly a French speaking area of Switzerland, all signs such as Toutes Directions in French and the western slopes directing me to Col de la Scheulte. It could have been the poor weather, but this pass had almost zero traffic. Only a few other cyclists heading the opposite direction, none yodelling as I had heard the previous week, just concentrating on descending through the mist.
The descent is long and gradual, but only to around 700m so the climb back up Passwang from the south is over quickly.