Day 8, Saturday - Are we nearly there yet?

Up at 7 and away at 8.30 am, no breakfast for anyone, girls didn't want cereal and only biscuits would do. With what they put up with during the week it seemed churlish to argue so they had biscuits. The plan was to get to Millau by lunch time, have a leisurely lunch and arrive at the sea with plenty of time to spare in the afternoon. We reckoned without the mountains ... they went on for ever.

We got onto the main road from the campsite, started to climb immediately and there we were on a giant roller coaster which went on and on. We averaged about 25 mph and obviously weren't going to get to the target lunch destination. I had a headache same time as I got one the previous day, thought it was just tension but David thinks fumes are getting into the car. Stopped outside 5 miles Millau, had lunch and then David took the troops for a half hour walk while I tried unsuccessfully, to sleep it off. The headache got worse as the afternoon progressed and I still don't know how I drove the last few miles to Valras Plage and the sea.
It had stopped raining by this time and looked promising, so we got the tent up and I fell into bed. Woke up an hour later and felt much better. However it was evidently going to rain again soon, but the campsite had a restaurant, bar and all facilities, so didn't care any more! Later on the kids couldn't sleep as French kids were determined to break as many limbs as possible by falling off swings behind our tent. Hmm .. Location is everything in this game ...

Expenses Francs
Lunch Bread,Pizzas 10.00
Fruit, Peaches, apples 3.00
10 litres petrol 27.00
Vin 3.00
25 litres petrol 67.00