We are definitely moving on today so after a reasonable start and a bit of shopping in the site supermarket we headed east along the coast and then onto a back road in the direction of Cannes. Despite this being the last day of the Film Festival we thought we’d have a look-see but eventually we were diverted away, but not after photographing millions of pounds worth of yachts!
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| 5-masted cruise ship! |
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| Cannes Seafront |
So we headed north and picked up the Route Napoleon, more or less the route Bonaparte took from his last exile back to Paris (and his eventual defeat by Wellington at Waterloo). Then the sun broke through the light overcast. On the way we got sort of lost in the myriad of steep back streets of Grasse, the perfume manufacturing centre of France apparently, but eventually relocated the right road and continued once again on a marked scenic route. We can recommend the Route Napoleon.
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| Route Napoleon |
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| Perfume distillery |
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| Grasse centre |
After lunch overlooking Grasse and the Cote D’Azur, we picked out a pleasant looking aire at Castellane but as we approached the town we were brought to a stop – it was their Fete day and the centre was temporarily blocked off for part of the celebrations. We could also see that the aire was completely full, so while we waited we researched a couple more up in the mountains. After about half an hour we were allowed to pick our way through the town and made our way past a man-made lake that was only half full, but nevertheless quite photogenic, and into St Andre-les-Alpes where there was a nice quiet aire.
Settled down and were subsequently joined by several more vans before it started to rain. Ah well!
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