Today (Thursday)
was a good day. Not a great night’s sleep as we were so close to the road and
it was noisy, so we were up and on the road by 8.00am. We stopped in a
McDonald’s car park to try and hook up to their free wi-fi with limited
success. We got a message from Jack in America via Facebook Messenger, which
was nice.
We drove through the lavender fields to get to Sainte Croix
De Verdon. In the years we have been coming here Jo has always missed the
lavender in full bloom, so this was really special for her. It did look
amazing!
We arrived at the aire, more in hope than expectation, at about
midday. There were a few spaces left at the back so we counted ourselves lucky
– and then as we manoeuvred, the occupants of a German van waved us into the
space that they were vacating, with pole position, nose onto the lake, AMAZING
VIEW!! We couldn’t believe our luck.
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| Lac Du Sainte Croix - As seen through Frank's windscreen! |
After we had settled in and had a bite to eat we walked down
to the lake and around the town. Later we went for a swim in the lake – cold at
first but great when you got used to it. It brought back so many happy memories
of holidays with Amelia and Jack. We had supper overlooking the lake congratulating
ourselves on our decision to buy Frank and take the plunge. Three weeks will
not be long enough – it will have to be longer next year!!
Gordes to Sainte Croix De Verdon : 63 miles
Aire : €6.50
Friday – We were
disturbed in the middle of the night by a car arriving and squeezing into the
gap next to us – much slamming of doors and pitching a tent in front of us on
the path. We got up to find two adults asleep in the car and two teenagers in
the tent. The rest of the tribe were in a motorhome abandoned in the middle of
the aire. No matter – nothing can spoil our good mood!
Jo went for a run and I went for a cycle followed aby a
leisurely morning reading and drinking coffee. After lunch we both cycled along
the side of the lake as far as we could looking for our Robinson Crusoe beach.
We found a really quiet spot which was beautiful – just spoiled every now and
then by other humans walking past. We swam in the lake looking up at the
mountains – glorious.
Back at the van we watched locals playing Boules, but
decided not to embarrass ourselves by getting our set out!
Dinner was planned for the evening but in the event we ended
up joining John and Sarah who were parked just along from us in ‘Hector’ their
iconic old Hymer. It was a great looking van and lovely inside, and with a
Vespa on the back which got me thinking. Anyway we sat drinking wine and
chatting until it got dark. They were really nice people who seemed to be doing
exactly the same as us, and for all the same reasons. We were having such a
lovely time that we missed dinner altogether!
No miles travelled (Nice)
Aire : €6.50
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