Tuesday 27 May 2014

From Montbrison, which was basically our last night in Provence as such, we now needed to get some miles under the wheels – France is quite a big country and you don’t realise just how far south you are until you come to plan the trip home.

So our route took us onto some of the faster roads now and the N7 is a good choice for progress without using the toll roads, although it does still go through towns and villages. Usually though there is a by-pass for the larger towns, such as Valance where we doubled back part way into town to do some shopping, get fuel and break for lunch.

Sure we've seen that before somewhere!

More roundabout art - Valance

Our plan took us through Roanne on the Loire where there is an aire right on the river, overlooking the marina and the town across the river. We got the last but one space (later learning that it had only just been vacated) and got the kettle on to enjoy once again late afternoon sunshine.