One of These Days....

One of these days we will stop more than one night in the same place, not even the beautiful town of Uzès and the fact that the free aire was at a vineyard could keep us there. What a transformation from our time in Andalucía, where we spent several days in several places.

We knew this part of the trip would be different and at some point we will slow down, but at least we are doing sensible mileages now, only 12 today south to Remoulins on the Gardon river. The reason for coming here was to visit Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct built about 2,000 years ago and still remarkably well preserved, much like us really. Apparently it is the most visited historical monument in France.

Rachel and I aren’t big into museums and the like, but we do enjoy scenery and impressive structures such as this. The lady, for want of a better expression, in the tourist info centre in Uzès, said that there was no way of seeing the aqueduct without paying 8.50€ per person even if we biked or walked there. We thought this was odd, so after an early lunch at the aire in Remoulins we took the (not so) scenic walk route to the aqueduct which was 3½ miles. Saw the aqueduct and walked across it completely free of charge and took the more pleasant and shorter 2 mile walk back. And no, we hadn't jumped the turnstiles! A GR & PR route crosses the lower bridge therefore it has to be free to all cyclists & walkers. All in all a very good, if tiring, day.

Our aire at the vineyard

On the walk back to Remoulins