Saturday, 18th October, 2008 The plan for today is to complete the part of the loop, that we didn't complete today. The day wasn't quite as nice as yesterday, but still lovely. We started at the supermarket to get our lunch and dinner. Then headed clockwise on our loop, through Saint Tropez and south down the coast, then back due north to the apartment. We stopped off at the Pampelonne beach and saw the Club 55, where apparently the celebs go. Didn't seem a big deal, but we only saw the outside. The wind was coming straight in off the sea, and it wasn't cold, but it wasn't warm either. So we pootled around to the same beach we were at yesterday, Gigaro. On the way, a signpost for Cap Camarat, was on the road, so ... read more

Thursday 16th October, 2008. The plan for today, a walk. We decided that we would try to stay out of the car today, if we could. A lazy morning started the day and I managed to get access to the internet, and caught up with publishing the blog and some email correspondence. Spotted a spiders web, sparkling in the sunshine and tried to photograph it. Eventually we set off for a walk in the general direction of Cogolin Town. We started by walking around the back of the apartment complex to see what there was of the pine forest. But after walking a while, we backtracked as we weren't sure if it was really heading anywhere. Therefore, down the hill and left / west. The road was a fairly busy A Road, but we managed to ... read more

Sunday night continued On our return to the room, we conducted some further internet surfing, to try and find some rented holiday accommodation in the area. We found about five sites we liked, dotted all around the place, in a website called, Owners Direct. We sent a message to each of the five of them asking if they had availability for a few days. Later on we received a message back from owners who have a place not far from St Tropez, and we went for it, should confirm details later today. The plan for today is to leave Avignon and travel to Salon en Provence, something like 80 kilometers. We initially headed back up the road to Orange, as we had stopped at a large Carrefour supermarket on the way down to Avignon on Saturday ... read more

Saturday, 11th October, 2008. The plan for today is Les Tourettes / Montelimar to Avignon, nothing in particular planned for the actual journey, which is probably about 90 kilometers. We booked ourselves in the Premiere Classe Avignon Nord, for Saturday and Sunday nights, so we can explore Avignon and the Provence region. We left about 1030, the initial drive was just a steady one, along mainly dual and single carriageways. We stopped at a Carrefour supermarket, for our usual picnic lunch and picked up a couple of other supplies, that we were getting low on. We managed to sit outside in T-Shirts in the sunshine to drink our coffee's at the supermarket cafe, because the sun was shining. Thinking as we went along we decided that as Avignon was fast approaching, and we were following alongside ... read more

Tuesday Night Went to the other next door restaurant, Grillade de Courtepaille, there are apparently about two hundred throughout France, two dry ham starters and a Pork and a Steak. We were greeted very warmly and as soon as they realised we were English were offered appropriate menus. Found out that Bien Ciut is well done, which is my choice for steak. Would recommend the restaurant, if you are a meat eater. Not cheap, though good food. Tomorrow will be two weeks since our arrival in France and Nemours is probably about a third of the way down. Once we have completed our journey tomorrow, we will be about three fifths down. We have another short term plan to cover us for the next few days. On the map, to the south east of Macon we ... read more