Gorge de Tarn

Made it to the Med.

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July 18th 2010
Monday 21st June We stayed a night in the town of Villefort which sits at around 3000ft in the hills and it was cold enough to require long trousers which we had thought would not be needed till we returned home. Liz drove down the twisting road from the mountains and as the sun was shining the temperature rose by about 10 degrees by the time we returned to near sea level. Some fellow trave ... read more

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