Paradise Found

We are now 11 days into our Croatian adventure!  Well as you already know it has turned into a French one due to the abysmal weather experienced in every country we have touched so far.  We have wondered if we made a massive mistake aborting our plan but yesterday we met an Austrian family who confirmed that the weather continues to be appalling over both their Country and the ones bordering onto them to the South and so we felt further vindicated over the decision we made.

That said however, our move to a site at La Colle-Sur-Loupe was not without its problems not least of which is the horrendous traffic that blights the Monaco/Nice metropolis. Every twist and turn of the roads in this area brings problems and the site that we were on for three days suffered its fair share of noise from the nearby roads.  Motorbikes are a huge noise polluter but we can understand people opting for this form of transport as they try to negotiate the many traffic jams.

It seems from my writing today that a black cloud is following us everywhere and providing down side after down side.  Well today things have absolutely changed for the better as we moved from the Meditteranean Coast to the Drome and one of our favourite areas and favourite caravan sites in the whole of Europe at Domain de L'Ecluse close to Buis Les Baronnies.

This is a place we have stayed twice before, once with Ann and Paul and in the last two years, we appear to have been the only Brits to stay in this paradise.  We intend to keep it a secret.  The site is set amongst vineyards and olive groves in one of the most beautiful areas of France.  As I write this today, the only sound I can hear is the slight rustling of the leaves, bees making honey and birdsong. It is truly heavenly and as if the a foregoing wasn't sufficient, the temperature is a very pleasant 30 degrees.

The attached photos tell the story - a cold beer, a pure azure sky and the whole of the campsite to ourselves.  What could be better? 

No doubt it might start raining tomorrow but we plan this to be our haven for the foreseeable future.

Hopefully, more pictures of beer and blue skies tomorrow.