Starting out a little late this morning as we all slept in we headed for Cinque Terra or La Spezia depending on where we could fine a camp place, we had earmarked a spot but decided it was way to far away and thought we would find another free spot or campground, boy were we wrong, this part of Italy at least is very camper van unfriendly, so mountainous and steep with houses and buildings on every available space there is, with very little left for poor old camper vans. On the way we headed out to Portofino to see if there was anything out there and we wanted to see it anyway, was that a mistake or what, we got on the road to Portofino and before we knew it we were on a road ... read more

Before heading off for the day we went back up to the village for some photos and a visit to the market day there, if the night was good the daytime was even better, let the photos speak for themselves but my recommendation is if you are anywhere near this area make it a MUST DO as it is a great place to visit. Heading off for the hills the drive through the gorge was spectacular and the views of the river below were fantastic, again this is a must do when in the region. We came across a group of old vintage cars doing the run who had stopped off at the hotel part way through and were having a merry old time, the oldest car there was 1912 not bad for an oldie. Driving ... read more

Rising early it was off to Avignon to visit the Pont Du Saint Benezet and the Popes Palace and I did not even know the popes had a residence in Avignon back in 1200 but there you have it, they did and ran the Roman Catholic Church from there for around 200 years. It was a stunning place to visit and the centre of Avignon is a walled city to protect it from the Rhône River when it floods, which if you look at history is quite often. The bridge, or what remains of the bridge is very cool and again dates back to the 12th century and if the legend is correct is was a bloke called Benezet, a poor farmer from the hills that thought god had spoken to him and told him to ... read more

Bright and early today and off to the view the viaduct, the main reason for coming to this little town, well the National Geographic programme we watched some time ago did not do this massive structure any justice at all. The viaduct is simply stunning and rises from the Tarn river below to soar more then 300 meters high, way taller than the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building and our own Sky Tower. Pam took some great shots of the Viaduct from so many vantage points that I lost count and then promptly told me that we had to come back at night for some night shots. Ok, so we then headed off to find the stone houses along the Tarn River that Pam had seen, The Gorges Du Tarn seemed like a good starting point ... read more

Waking rather shattered after a night disturbed by rowdy French people in the car park outside our camper we headed off to Millau some 350km away. Despite being a little noisy the free camp spot was just great and any other night would be perfect, highly recommended as a camp stop for free. Considering we were going by the back roads as usual the Tomtom told us it was 5 hours we decided to make haste. The first stop for the day was a little river village called Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans where some guys were fishing (without luck it should be added) amongst a stunning walled village rising 50m up above the river bank, the required pics were taken and we proceeded to make further haste south and west. The next stop was to service the camper as ... read more