Day 26 Chateauneuf du Rhone to Avignon

Wednesday July 5th

Sur le pont D'Avignon 

It was forecast to be hotter today so I was up and on the road by 07.30. There were two young couples on the site last evening - Adam and Caitlin the Americans previously described and an English couple, Joe and Kimmy who work in a power station and were able to tell me which of the stations I had passed were nuclear.

By the law of incredible coincidence we are neighbours again here in Avignon. It is a huge site of more than 200 pitches and we are next door neighbours. I passed them en route and we cycled together for a few kms until Kimmy wanted to take a picture of a field of lavender  (or to get rid of me)
I overheard the receptionist say that they will be full here by 17.00.

L'arch de Triomphe Orange

It has been a funny day. I made Orange by 10.30 and enjoyed a cafe allonge in the Hotel de Ville square. I abandoned the Via after I had crossed the Rhone for the fifth time. The N7 with its lorries thundering along suddenly seemed quite attractive.

After Orange I followed the equally busy D970 until close to Avignon when  it turned into a motorway and I had to get off.

The less busy (relatively) road that I took led me straight to the Rhone where I was lucky enough to find the bac (ferry) waiting to take me straight to the campsite.

The site is in the trees across the Rhone

It is the municipal site for Avignon where Pauline and I stayed on our way to Italy. It was so warm this afternoon that I was glad of the swimming pool to cool down.

Avignon is magnificent. It was crawling with tourists but it is July in the south of France!

Tomorrow I hope to reach Aigue Mortes which I have never visited.

On vira.

05/07/17   Wednesday    Pont D' Avignon    Avignon                             €15.50                              3.5

lots of facilities pool tennis shop restaurant huge site with dirt pitches free boat to centre