Crémieu

We woken up at 6:30am by the sound of the traffic going past, but luckily we’d had a good nights sleep. I know for a fact we had a better nights sleep in our lay-by than we would have in the car park in Die so we’ll take that as a win.
We had coffees in bed and then packed up and had another coffee and set the sat nav to leave at 8:45am.
Our first stop of the day was going to be for fresh water and to empty the grey and black tanks but 20 minutes down the road we came to a Lidl and decided to do some food shopping before going any further.
Back in the road and now stocked up we made our way 35 miles down the road to a beautiful little aire with free emptying and fresh water. Emptying was easy but filling the water turned out to be a nightmare as they had a big metal collar underneath the fresh water pipe so we needed the exact right fitting to attach the hose which we didn’t have. Luckily we do have bags for just this scenario so we filled them and then decided to empty them into the top of Wandas water tank rather than the pipe. It was a proper faff.
We had decided to visit some houses hanging off the side of a mountain as our next stop but the easiest route was through les grand goules a set of gorges and balcony roads I had marked off but I knew Wanda would only just fit and I wasn’t really up for any more incidents on this trip. I tried to re-route the route but the next way in was miles out of the way so we scrapped that and I set the sat nav to head for the medieval city of Cremiue.
It was another 85 miles to get to our park up in a gravel car park on the edge of city and we arrived at 2pm. We’ve been here before with Ben, and last time we visited everywhere including both castles and the town in the day and at night so really this was just going to be a park up for the night. The only thing I didn’t photograph before was the old cloisters at the church because they were closed.
We had lunch of my leftover leek and potato soup from yesterday and fresh bread from Lidl’s bakery and at 3:30pm we left Wanda and went for a walk.
Cremieu is a beautiful old city, the old market place is still there with its roof still intact. They even have the original old weighing scales at one end where they would weigh livestock. The medieval parts still look medieval with cobbled streets and beamed houses and old doorways. There are still old archways down ally’s that led from the main thoroughfare to the city’s insides and the whole place is fascinating.
As we walked past the old 12th century church the gates for the cloisters were open and we went in. This was the only part I hadn’t photographed before and this time I got the pictures.
As we were heading back to Wanda the sky went black and it started to rain and as we got back to the car park we looked up to see a huge double rainbow over the top of the city. It was quite the sight.
It was now 5pm and we settled in to Wanda for the rest of the night watching cars coming and going in the car park. Even though it was getting late the town is still extremely busy but overall it’s quiet. Today is our 46th night and we still haven’t paid for any camp spots and we’ve also just hit 3000 miles on this trip.Read more