Another warm sunny morning. We service both vans then Ali and Grete go back to 'Simply' for some more groceries then we say goodbye to Rafiq, the site manager who has been very friendly and helpful, and set off just after 11:30. Just outside Imperia we join the auto-route because we want to cover some miles rather than spend 2-3 days retracing the coast route. Immediately we have a snag, Ali presses the button and no ticket appears, but the light goes green, th...

Despite our slight apprehension about wild camping we both sleep like logs until we are woken by a noisy helicopter making numerous passes over the headland. It's another beautiful day and there are 6 vans who stayed overnight. As we eat breakfast we watch cars and cyclists make their way along the winding road. We join them at 10:35 and head to Le Cannet for fuel before joining the Riviera through Cannes. For miles on our right side there are white beaches a...

A sunny morning. We service the vans before leaving [on the adage that you empty out loo and fill fresh water whenever there's the opportunity] and leave the site at Mogodor at 10.25. It's been a pleasant stay despite the pitches being small and uneven, and the on-site boulangerie is excellent. So good Ali comes back from checking out munching a warm croissant. We follow the A50 through Toulon's commercialised outskirts on to Hyeres and Intermarche for some gr...

After a quiet morning typing up notes we head towards the nearby town of Sanary. It's a pretty walk past mock haciendas with bougainvillea and olive trees. The harbourside is really attractive with rows of Touloniers, the local small wooden fishing boats. They are between 20=30 feet long with a forward mounted rig similar to a arab dhow. All brightly painted with flags and pennants flying, some have information placards suggesting they are part of a regatta. ...

Hurray! Nick's medicines have worked and he is well enough to drive today and it's bright and sunny. We give Nick and Grete the anniversary card Ali made with wild flowers from the lanes, then go to say goodbye and thank Madame but she does not work on Saturdays so we leave a little note with her colleague, who politely says our French is 'parfait' and set off at 11:00 We drive our last few miles of the Carmargue on smooth dual carriageways through wide flat p...