After another restful night, we set off again in bright
sunny weather heading for our first “planned” stop at Avignon. But first we had
to negotiate Lyons, a large sprawling city with, fortunately, a non-toll
motorway running straight through the middle via a couple of tunnels. So we
didn't see much of it! Nevertheless we saved a huge amount of time and quickly
joined the Rhone river, departing the motorway but remaining close by using the
N7.
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| Rhone, south of Lyons |
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| Cooling tower Art at Lyons |
Despite the ruling that all HGV’s should use the autoroutes
if there is one nearby, there was a lot of heavy traffic on this road and we
spent the rest of the journey in company with it. Not particularly slow, but
many roundabouts and towns/villages meant we were stuck behind trucks – but
we’re in no rush. Just after Valence we called in at an Intermarche for
provisions and a lunch break whilst the local emergency services dealt with an
accident involving a French motorhome- that’s his holiday ruined.
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| Valence |
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| Les Hautes-Alpes Provence |
Now with clear blue skies, as per the forecast, a strong
northerly wind had got up but the temperature was slowly increasing as we
followed the Rhone towards Avignon. We had previously picked out an ACSI
campsite very close to the centre and our navigation aids took us straight
there. We had tried to book but were told it was not necessary and sure enough
there was plenty of room so we booked in for 3 nights. Very shady, it’s not the
best site we've ever been on but perfectly adequate and fantastically handy for
Avignon.
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