The Verdon Gorges

Tuesday 24th October 2017 The plan today was to drive along the south side of The Verdon Gorges, lunch at Castellane,  and return to camp by the north side road, the D952. I had ridden these roads , and visited Castellane, on my motorcycle three times in the past and the area never fails to … Read more

Marseille addendum

Post contains a graphic image that may revolt you! After publishing my Marseille visit post, Kim reminded me that I had forgotten something, so correcting that here in this addendum. While researching what to see and do in Marseille we came across, on TripAdvisor, reports of an artisan glacier that created black vanilla ice-cream. We … Read more

2nd Fête de la Courge at Esparron-de-Verdon

Sunday 22nd October 2017 We were reliably informed by the owners daughter, who spoke impeccable English, that there would be a local festival in the town today, celebrating ‘squashes’. Hooray I hear you say. When we approached the town yesterday, we were aware of a number of pumpkin decorations throughout the town. We had wrongly thought that … Read more