First Paid nights Sleep

Leaving our camp in pont du arc couldn’t come soon enough, at 5am the traffic started and it was like sleeping next to the M25 by 6:30am, so after 3 super strong coffees at 8:30am we hit the road.
The initial plan was to head into Nemes to see the Roman amphitheatre but on looking at the maps and reading some reviews on park4night about motorhomes being broken into, we skipped Nimes and carried on.
I had already plotted a route into TomTom that followed the exact route of the 2021 Tour de France and the route didn’t disappoint. Right out of Nimes we hit the hills and there were the Names of Julian Allaphillipe, Wout Van Art, and Mark Cavendish sprayed on the road. We were following in the footsteps of legends. 160km of the most beautiful roads in the south of France and next was Carcassonne.
We had found an Airè on park for night and arrived at 2pm to park up and then go and explore the city. A beautiful river walk led us into the old town and then into the walled city of carcassonne which for our second was even more amazing as there were a lot less people and we also hadn’t had the stress of parking.
After a brief tour of the walled city we ventured down into the new town and took some photos overlooking the old bridge with the walled city in the background which we missed last time, from there it was back along the river, reaching Wanda at 4:30pm so we could sit inside and relax with the windows and skylight open with blue skies above us and a gently breeze blowing, this was the first time in months we had felt completely relaxed in months, but that’s not to say that we haven’t enjoyed this trip, it’s just that blue skies, sunshine and heat always make it feel like your on holiday. Now we just have to wait for the sun to set to see what adventures tomorrow will bring.Read more