We left Les-Pins this morning and popped into Ensuès-la-Redonne to service Bokkie as the services at the overnight stop were disconnected. On the way we encountered wild goats in the road, unfortunately it all happened so quickly we only got the bizarre photo below (it looks like they're levitating!), but they were so cute.
We then went around (and tunneled under) Marseilles before heading into the hills of Provence. We managed to get stuck behind a tractor hauling a digger up the mountain passes and had to contend with police vehicles screaming past us every two minutes. We think there was an exercise at the OK Corral, an amusement park nearby, as that is where we passed them all again.
Soon we were passing (and tunneling under again - the French love their road tunnels) Toulon before we arrived at our destination, a parking area near Le Lavandou. However we were sorely disappointed as we were definitely unwelcome in the area, with all parking areas now closed to motorhomes.
We reviewed all our options for a while and I spotted a village slightly inland with motorhome-parking. The access sounded 'interesting' in most of the reviews - "Super difficult to access but when we are there, a real happiness, nobody tonight, quieter it does not exist" Judging by where Bokkie has taken us previously we felt we could make it and set off; they weren't joking about the access, it is down a 20° slope with sharp twists, but Bokkie walked down carefully without a problem.
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| Access is sharp left, down hill and sharp right - for starters |
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| First gear - and crawl |
We took a walk into the village - it is absolutely gorgeous with amazing views. Very welcoming to motor-homers, very different to the coast. We decided to thank them by supporting the local artisans.
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| We even spotted a Protea |
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| Supporting local industry... We didn't manage to finish the water 😆 |
We will probably spend another day here before heading to our campsite on Friday.
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