It’s been a while since we’ve visited this part of the Camargue. I brought my daughters here in 1990, driving all the way in 2 days with them in my Astra GTE and we stayed in a Eurocamp caravan at Port Camargue. I can remember walking into Aigues-Mortes and my eldest telling me to put the camera away as I looked like a tourist 😊 That’s where we headed today. Extremely hot and indeed full of tourists when we got there. The first 3 carparks said they were full, though annoyingly as we drove past we saw several empty spots. Managed to find a space in the car park at the end of the city walls and walked in through one of the gates. The walls are so impressive, completely surrounding the town inside. Outside there ... read more

Though it was a driving day we didn’t exactly rush as we only had an hour’s drive to the next campsite and sometimes you are not allowed on until after lunch. We have found, an easier way to attach the car when we leave is for Bob to take the motorhome to the service point to unload, load water while I drive the car separately and then find a handy bit of road to hook the Aframe to the car and then to the ball hitch of the motorhome. Worked beautifully again as far easier to negotiate the separate vehicles off a pitch then try to do it with the car already attached especially as we can’t reverse once it is there. An easy drive heading South west to the edge of the Camargue. This area ... read more

Glorious blue sky as we set out in Smart Car for Avignon. Just across the bridge over the Rhone but think we went a slightly long way round as the traffic signage is not at its best round here. Avignon is completely walled and the traffic round the outer wall is Mad. There are mainly only 2 lanes to the road, one each way but every now and then there is room for a 3rd so they squeeze in a bus lane. Which does no good at all as 5 metres later that lane ends and the buses squash back into the lane with the normal traffic then stop at the bus stop ! Not helped by multiple crossings on lights so it is stop start all the way and yes we did witness one prang ... read more

The forecast rain did indeed land in the night. Loud on the ‘tin’ roof for an hour or so but no thunder or wind so we were safe tucked away in our little home on wheels and Bob slept through 😊. First job of the day was for Bob to sort out the Smart Car lights as he had noticed the driver’s side back light was out. A good hour later with the back end of the car dismantled and a new bulb in place it still didn’t work. Handbook out and more tools out of the ever handy toolbox and Bob found and replaced a dodgy fuse and the light came on again. Can Bob fix it ? Course he can 😊 By this time all the rain had gone and the sky was turning ... read more

When we planned this trip I had hoped to stay in Villeneuve just over the border into Switzerland as we stayed there last September and I just loved the super location of the campsite, right by the peaceful water’s edge. When Bob tried to book he was told it was full and when I enquired they said we would need to book in February for a pitch now in June. It is, though, only a small site with limited number of touring pitches. I think, since seeing how very busy it was in Thonon-les-Bains yesterday, we were beginning to realise that the summer season is already in full swing here on Lake Geneva / Leman. Today we compensated for not being able to stay at Villeneuve by driving along the lake, over the border into Switzerland ... read more