We're on Our Way

Well on our way to our winter home. We are currently at the town of
Tournon-sur-Rhone, halfway between Lyon and Marseille.
We crossed the channel on Wednesday afternoon and made our way to the town
of Conty for the night, just south of Amiens. We stayed at an Aire de
Service de Camping-cars, an area (small car park) provided by the local
community, and it was free. Yesterday we made quite a long day of it, 8
hours driving, past Paris and down to Beaune just south of Dijon. The going
was a bit slow especially around Paris but it was bright and sunny so very
pleasant. We made a decision to avoid the toll roads to save a few pennies,
but taking the main roads can get a bit slow at times with all the villages
and towns. Towards the end of the day the fog descended so we spent the last
hour or so after sunset plodding along counting down the miles to our
destination. The site when we eventually got there was mostly full of UK
vehicles, probably also on route for some winter sunshine.
Today we set off again in the morning fog and continued south past Lyon and
on to Tournon for the night. This seems to be a very busy town on the west
bank of the Rhone. We had a quick wander around on arrival and purchased a
nice baguette to have with our dinner. Needless to say the baguette had
shrunk a wee bit by the time we arrived back at Noddy. Poor Noddy is quite
filthy on the outside at the moment with all the dirt from the damp roads,
but he will have to hold on until we get to Sicily for a much needed
shampoo.
We have spent quite a while this evening planning our next move and what
stops we will make on our way down through Italy. I think we have now got a
plan, and it involves some major usage of the toll roads. I think if we
plodded along avoiding them it would take us quite a while to get all the
way down. We had intended to miss out on the French tolls and only pay in
Italy, but we have saved quite a bit already. Thankfully the Italian tolls
are much cheaper than the French, especially the final stretch from Naples
which is something ridiculous like €1.8 for 300 miles.
Anyway, time for an early night before as we are hoping to get into Italy
tomorrow and stop off at Albenga on the north west coast at a site we used
earlier this year.
Cheers for now.
M&S