Friday 22nd September 2023
It rained through the night and was still raining in the morning. We packed up, paid for our pitch and left the campsite at 9am. Had to drive up steep mountain passes with sharp bends and switchbacks till we reached the valley below. Drove along the bottom of the valley with mountains either side. It took us about three and a half hours to get to the aire in Vaison La Romaine but unfortunately it was choc a block full already!
Had to drive on another 15 minutes to another aire in Mirabel aux Baronnies. It’s just a large carpark next to the recycling area of the village with space for 8 vans.
We parked up and had some lunch. At 2.30pm the sun was shining so we did a 4 mile walk up through the vineyards, olive trees and apricot orchards to Piegon, the next village.
There we saw “La belle vendangeuse”, a sculpture carved in sandstone that is 30 meters long by Jean-Pierre Eichenberger. The sculpture represents vineyards during the 4 seasons of the year.
We retraced our steps and came back via the village centre but the few shops we saw were all closed! Cooked tea just after 7pm, had some thunder claps overhead and then it started to rain so we had to bring the ramoska inside and finish cooking gets in the van. Watched some more tv on my iPad then Del put the water heater on so we had hot water to wash with before bed!
It rained through the night and was still raining in the morning. We packed up, paid for our pitch and left the campsite at 9am. Had to drive up steep mountain passes with sharp bends and switchbacks till we reached the valley below. Drove along the bottom of the valley with mountains either side. It took us about three and a half hours to get to the aire in Vaison La Romaine but unfortunately it was choc a block full already!
Had to drive on another 15 minutes to another aire in Mirabel aux Baronnies. It’s just a large carpark next to the recycling area of the village with space for 8 vans.
We parked up and had some lunch. At 2.30pm the sun was shining so we did a 4 mile walk up through the vineyards, olive trees and apricot orchards to Piegon, the next village.
There we saw “La belle vendangeuse”, a sculpture carved in sandstone that is 30 meters long by Jean-Pierre Eichenberger. The sculpture represents vineyards during the 4 seasons of the year.
We retraced our steps and came back via the village centre but the few shops we saw were all closed! Cooked tea just after 7pm, had some thunder claps overhead and then it started to rain so we had to bring the ramoska inside and finish cooking gets in the van. Watched some more tv on my iPad then Del put the water heater on so we had hot water to wash with before bed!
