Friday 1 March 2013

A very wet night and well into the day. From Sant Feliu we headed on up to the border using ordinary roads and through the border town of La Jonqera – what an absolute dump of a place!

But from there on the scenery started improving as we got further into France. After a stop for lunch even the weather started improving and before long we were heading up into the area known as the mid-Pyrenees. After struggling through several small towns and villages, and being way behind schedule, we decided to take the A75 motorway. Okay, it’s against our principles but at least it was free and anyway we would only have been running alongside it on the D-roads.

As we climbed so the weather broke and before long we were once again in brilliant sunshine. Our rate of progress indicated that Millau was a good place to stop so we programmed the aire into the box. As we dropped down into the Tarn Gorge, in which Millau is situated, the scenery was spectacular. Bren tried a few photos from the van but, as always, they do no justice to reality. Here’s a couple anyway.

Dropping down to Millau

The Millau Viaduct carrying the A75

Settled in, cuppa and then a walk round this lovely town. We decided that this was an area we would love to come back to and explore properly.