Last night we had decided we were going to stay another night at Toulon, however although the campsite has a lovely riverside location, it is also beside the main road which had lorries and buses thundering past all night. So we have decided to move on.
Fairly easy cycling today along the excellent cycle route through vineyards and orchards, passing a few huge hydro electric barrages which all have canals alongside to let the barges, cruise boats and other river traffic past.
Their were a lot of cycle tourists going in the opposite direction, this is apparently a very popular route following the Rhône south towards the Mediterranean. Although the cycle paths were great, we wouldn't fancy following the river day after day, you need some hills for a bit of variety.
At St Pierre de Boef we took a detour up into the village to find a cafe and decide on our destination for tonight and to try to work out a plan for our spare day. After some steep climbs we found that the cafe was shut, but found some shade to drink the juice we had in our panniers and to have a look at the maps. We decided to carry on a few more miles to St Alban du Rhône but we also noticed on the map an interesting area to the north of Lyon with hundreds of small lakes spread out over the countryside. So our latest plan is to head towards the outskirts of Lyon tomorrow, have a day in Lyon on Wednesday then carry on north before turning back towards the Airport for our flight on Saturday. This plan may well change!
It got pretty hot this afternoon so thankfully their were no big hills and their were a couple of handy roadside showers.
As tonight's campsite is a bit out of any towns we took a detour into a nearby Aldi where we took our time in the air conditioned oasis to get some supplies in for dinner in case the campsite restaurant was closed.
It was just as well we did as the restaurant was closed but the pool was open and we've had a relaxing evening chilling without any traffic noise at all superb 😎
Pinic and a pool, magic!!
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