Campanile Digne-les-Bains
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Travel Blogs from Digne
Nice Place Shame about the Weather - Tim
... reached the campsite at Castelllane - Frederic Mistral - it was looking very dodgy again.We ventured out for lunch and found it at a creperie. then walked up to the supermarket to do some shopping. Laden with bags we slowly made our way back to the camspite but halfway it started to rain again and 5 mins later the thunder and lightning started and the heavens opened. We were ...
Good weather and vistas (Tim)
... we reluctantly headed back to the van and off towards the Verdon. An easy drive initially until reaching Mansque then a steep climb with amazing views to Moustiers-St.Marie quite a hair-raising drive in "the flash" with lots of narrow sections and precipitous drops into the abyss on the drivers side. Moustiers - St.Marie is another lovely hillside village albeit very touristy. We visited the tourist info. ...
The Grand Canyon of Europe
... the ravine that runs through the village. We had a great time wandering through the shops and cafes, though the faience shops are so crammed with stock we were a bit nervous about breaking something. The gorge is absolutely fabulous! On the morning we took off to drive up the gorge we copped an intense thunderstorm complete with a deluge, extremely heavy rain, so intense we had to pull over and ...
The half way point
Awoke today to our first grey day. Not so bad, we have had two and a half weeks of perfect weather. Left our very pleasant country hotel this morning in misty conditions. The hotel owners had a lovely big kelpie cross that wanted me to throw a stick for him this morning . He just stood there patiently with the stick in his mouth waiting for me to say the right commands for him, in French. It was a frustrating experience for both us!, Our touring took us up into ...
Cooling off at the lake
Okay, today I had the brilliant idea of taking the family to see the Gorges du Verdun near Castellane. 2 hours ... 2 Harrowing hours later, on a drive with steep cliffs on one side with the gorge 1,000 meters below, we finally made it ... Only to discover there wasn't any white water rafting today as they only open the dam on Tuesdays and they won't have enough water without the dam. ...