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 groceries. Leaving Hyeres we can see the large mountains of Massif des Maures ahead.

We follow the coast road up, down and round and round with beautiful blue sea glistening below. At lunch time we stop at Domaine du Rayol overlooking cork trees on the hill down to the sea. Nick W cuts a piece of cork for Ali's scrapbooking. More pretty villages, deep bays and marinas lead us to St Tropez where the roads get really busy. Road works in St Maxine hold us up further and Nick's back is creaking and although we know Nick and Grete have planned a good stop we hope we reach it soon. After the last few miles of switchback, from St Raphael and through Agay, hugging the red rocks Grete comes on the radio and tells us to be ready to pull in. We crest the hill and pull into the car park view point at Rocher de St-Barthelemey. The views are stunning. Ahead the red rock peaks tower above the road, falling down into the blue sea. White water crashes on the rocks below. Ali sends a few texts and Tom replies that it looks like part of the famous Route 66.

Trains rattle past in the cutting which is protected from rock-falls by steel mesh screens.

Cars pull in and people jump out, many climbing the jagged peak in front for a photo. Out at sea yachts and boats battle the strong winds, some are huge gin palaces and small ships possibly heading off after yesterday's Monaco grand prix. A couple more motorhomes pull in, obviously planning to stop the night.

We have the prawns we bought earlier with salad for supper and a bottle of cold Frascatti then watch the sun set over the sea behind us.