Campsite: Le Plan d'Eau, St Privat, France (N 44.61886 E 4.43212)
Distance: 0 miles/0 km (today) 1700 miles/2736 km (total)
Woke up at 07:30 to much better weather and got showered straight away. We had no idea what we were going to do today, so we went over to reception to ask for some advice. The lady in reception was once again very helpful, pointing us toward some interesting local places and giving us a touristy map of the area. Vallons Pont d'Arc seemed to be leaping out at us from the map, so that's where we decided to head toward.
The temperature was still low compared to previous days, but that was fine. On the way to Vallons Pont d'Arc, Ali popped into the nearby Intermarche to get some bread for lunch (we forgot to order at the campsite the night before). On reaching the town we had a couple of failed attempts at finding a parking spot, then went the wrong way down a busy one way street before finding a large free car park.
From there we strolled back into town, which was very touristy with a lot of bucket and spade type shops, but pleasant nonetheless. Before going back to the car park to make a baguette lunch we bought some great ice creams.
Following lunch we took a drive along the gorge stopping several times to take pictures. We parked up in a free car park near the arch and went down to the beach where Zoe did some swimming. After a couple of hours in the sun we drove on a little further, stopping at a campsite to book a canoe trip for tomorrow (€56 for half a day/7km).
Distance: 0 miles/0 km (today) 1700 miles/2736 km (total)
Woke up at 07:30 to much better weather and got showered straight away. We had no idea what we were going to do today, so we went over to reception to ask for some advice. The lady in reception was once again very helpful, pointing us toward some interesting local places and giving us a touristy map of the area. Vallons Pont d'Arc seemed to be leaping out at us from the map, so that's where we decided to head toward.
From there we strolled back into town, which was very touristy with a lot of bucket and spade type shops, but pleasant nonetheless. Before going back to the car park to make a baguette lunch we bought some great ice creams.
Following lunch we took a drive along the gorge stopping several times to take pictures. We parked up in a free car park near the arch and went down to the beach where Zoe did some swimming. After a couple of hours in the sun we drove on a little further, stopping at a campsite to book a canoe trip for tomorrow (€56 for half a day/7km).
We popped in to the supermarket again on the way back to the campsite and bought a few provisions for our evening meal of cheese crepes. It was too late to go out again, so we explored the campsite, finding the Ardeche flowing through the bottom end of the site. It was getting dark by now so we went back to the tent and played cards before turning in for the night.
