Gorge Du Verdon

So with our feet a littel sore for more skiing we decided it was a good opportunity to go South to the Verdon Gorge for a few days cycling. We found a camp site which has to be the biggest campsite in the world. It has its own swimming pool, resturant and WIFI! that is how I am doing this. It is 9:30pm and I am sitting out side the van with my head torch on typing this. I must make a storng recommendation to others for Grimbergen Beer! I apologise for my spelling in advance!

So we tried to find a small ish loop around the gorge as it is very hilly!

Lara looking in to the gorge, I was not aware that it is the second largest gorge in the world second to the Grand Canyon. at places it is over 700m deap.If you look on the bend you can see Lara. The views were stunning. It was not a fast bike ride as we were stopping the whole time to look at the views.about two thirds of our way around the weather changed and it started to rain. it was freezing rain as well. Just as luck has it as well we had done all teh climbing and we only had the logn decent left, so going down hill was really cold!!!Even more of Murphy's law saw that at the last bit of flat back to where we parked the van the sun came back out. At least we managed to thaw out.

This really is a very pretty gorge, very dramatic with huge walls. we did not bring our climbing gear as we did not want to subject our feet to our climbing shoes with the state they are in.

Afetr we got back to the van we drove back to the village we are staying (Castellane) and had some late lunch in the square and then went and booked ourselves in for some 'Nager en Eau Vivre'. which basically means we don wetsuits, flipper, helmet and hold on to a float and swim down the gorge tomorrow! so must go and get my beauty sleep! will let you knwo if the wife drowned later tomorrow.