First stop today was our nearest town, Villereal, just 4km away. Another Bastide town and also another Plus Beaux Villages de France. As it turned out, though it has the most superb market place, the pretty bit really seems to be confined just to that central area so we didn’t find it as lovely as the other villages we visited. Villereal does have the most fantastic covered market, it even has steps up to an inside area under a peaked roof and was a real delight to visit. We did get a little wet as it decided to rain when we were there. We were enjoying a coffee, under cover and felt so sorry for the market traders who as well as getting themselves and their stalls wet, suddenly lost all their customers who ran for ... read more

A wet start as we had been kept awake for a while by thunder and lightening. There is a lot about at the moment across a lot of France and the UK but it is still very pleasantly warm. We had taken the awning down and everything in, because of the rain, the night before so an easy departure with not much to do to get ready. The drive was only 80 miles and across lovely countryside, a few hills and lots of straight roads and fields full of crops as far as the eye can see. I had glimpses of pretty Dordogne coloured buildings as we went along and started to see the sunflowers and nut trees the region is so famous for. Our destination was Camping Le Chateau de Fonrives just outside Villeréal, a ... read more

Our wedding anniversary today. 28 years. I think we have been on holiday for at least 25 of the anniversaries 😊 which makes celebrating easy. Today we were heading for a campsite with a restaurant so Bob suggested we would eat there for dinner but I had been checking the reviews which reported the campsite restaurant was only open July and August so that snookered that idea. Another hot day and a little alarmingly when I was reading about the campsite the pool appeared to be closed on Saturday. Not 100% sure about that as the campsite in French said Samedi but the English version said Sunday which is tomorrow. Inexplicable that it could be closed any day at the weekend but it seemed likely that it would be one day or the other. We had ... read more

Headed down to Stes Maries de la Mer where we have stayed a couple of times before but not recently. Heaving with people and the main access road was closed off for some ‘happening’. Decided not to even attempt to park in the centre and went along to the beach road instead. Far too hot to walk about for any distance, think it is an age thing but we are both struggling a little with the heat. It was exactly this time last year that we were melting in La Rochelle at 40°C++, though that was hotter than here now at only 34 °C. I really fancied going in the sea but it was so hot that the thought of that open sunny sandy beach was too hot really so we went into a beach edge ... read more

13/6//23 l’isle sur la sorgue Woken in the middle of the night by a massive crack of thunder which was followed by heavy rain. And when you are sleeping in a motorhome you hear all the drops as they land on the roof I can promise you. Must have soothed us to sleep again as it was a bit later than normal when we woke. Had decided that lovely though Avignon is we didn’t want to do another city day, especially after getting a bit overheated yesterday. So we set out for L'isle sur la Sorgue, a pretty town about 20 miles due East. The traffic getting across Avignon is pretty horrendous but we made it safely out the other side and once clear of the city had a pleasant drive. We have been to L’isle ... read more