A market to Die for!

Today we visited Die to see the large market that's there on Wednesdays. We saw the cathedral there then returned to the campsite for relaxation and swimming followed by a delicious Indonesian meal at the campsite bar and a wonderful sunset.  The meal was properly themed with staff in costume and copious portions.  Delicious!

Montélimar and Nougat

After breakfast at the tent we visited Montélimar including an old nougat factory and a castle.  The tour was fascinating and we also explored the town.

After a supermarket visit on the way back we had a dinner of Monkfish stew at the tent, expertly made by Gordon.

On to the final campsite

We packed up and left Gagère around noon today for the drive down to the last campsite, Camping val Drôme Soleil.  It was about a 300km drive and we got there in plenty of time to visit a supermarket first and pick up some food for dinner.  The campsite was very hilly but they had reserved us a nice flat, if stony, place for our tent. We got everything set up, had nice steak haché for dinner and then tried out the bar in the new campsite.  It was most satisfactory and fine for playing rummikub!

Lake swimming

Today we drove to Lac des Setons and had a swim in the lake.  We had dinner back at the campsite restaurant.

Washing and pancakes

We cooked breakfast at the campsite, of sausages, tomato and eggs. Today is the mid-point of the holiday so we stayed at the campsite and did some washing as it was a good warm day to dry it.  We went into Luzy to see the church and for some Crepes for lunch.  We explored some market stalls and bought some honey and then came back via a supermarket for some provisions.  A nice relaxing day.

An impressive aqueduct

Today we visited Visited Paray le Monial and Digoin where we saw an impressive aqueduct over the Loire carrying a canal, and a lock. There was also a useful museum about canals in France that we enjoyed.

We ate dinner at tent.  Definitely far less eating out this year with the pandemic around.

A relaxing day at the campsite

We didn't go anywhere today but had a relaxing day on the campsite in the sun and by the pool.  We discovered the campsite wash-ups have dishwashers!  We had a nice evening meal of at the campsite bar, a few drinks and some rummikub!