18th June Apologies for Drums blog content again! Perhaps the heat is going to his head. Loosing count of the days! We know the date coz of the blog, but we thought yesterday was Thursday, seems we're a day ahead. No probs though, it means we can chill out today. One of the problems with travelling is that you feel that you must see all the sights at every stop because you move on again so quickly. Today we are just resting by the van. We were lucky to fin...

17th June 260km Got our act together this morning & got up early enough to get croissants (they've all gone by 8.30am most mornings). Packed up the van ready for a quick departure, then walked into Avignon to sight see. Decided to take one of the tourist trains (Drum seemed to like it). It was a good way to see it all in an hour. Steeped with history, the city goes back centuries, the bridge was abandoned in the 11th century, the building of the bridge is ...

15th June135km Went back into Albi to see the sights. Then moved on again, heading for the Tarn Gorges near Millau.Milau boasts the highest suspension bridge in the world. We could see it over 25km away. No, (Kim), we didn't go over it, it is part of the peage (toll) motorway, and we are doing our best to avoid them (boring & costly). Passed through some really beautiful French villages clinging to the sides of hills. We are in the Mid Pyrenees now so the ...

14th June 337km Moved on from Soustons after a pleasant morning catching up with the blog & chatting to people on skype. Headed for the cathedral city of Albi.Long drive so didn't arrive in Albi until 8pm, the aires is situated in a quiet corner of a car park with the most impressive view of the cathedral. Walked up to have a look …it is apparently the largest brick built cathedral in the world! Built in 13th century & extended upwards in 16th centur...

12th June 176km Spent the morning packing up, getting quite good at it now. Learning lots of little gems (top tips) to pass on to fellow 'small space' travellers, like, 'don't cut up your French bread in the van unless you want to sleep in the crumbs' (like shards of glass in your arse)! ' do your food shopping before you set up on a campsite and find out that the nearest place to get provisions is 4 km away'. Went to Lacanau lake (different part) and decide...