21-08-2018, 08:06 AM
When travelling like this we use an inflatable cool box that is incredibly efficient (this one: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/ice-box-nh-f...92769.html) and incredibly light.
We buy our fresh food each morning and lay a bottle of wine in the bottom, alongside a few beers. Then meat or fish, some cheese and finally a big bag of frozen veg on top. As we travel the frozen veg cools everything and we have some cold beers on arrival at the site along with cold food etc. and of course the veg can be eaten each evening wit the meal. I varied the veg and one day bought a load of frozen sprouts - these also provided an alternative ice cube!
We stayed in Meyrueis for a few days relaxing and walking locally - it is a lovely place.
Soon it was time to plan our next route - continuing west we hoped to visit a friend near Toulouse and gave ourselves two days for the journey.
Leaving the Gorges du Tarn the roads opened and we were able to pickup some speed, soon finding ourselves near Millau. Having been advised to not go 'over' the famous viaduct ( as you see little of it) we chose instead to follow the road to the south of the river and were rewarded with a spectacular sight from below!
The Viaduct is the tallest bridge in the world and quite incredible - it takes some time to take in the enormity of the engineering (see here for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct).
We continued to follow the charming Tarn Valley, this is much quieter than the Gorge area and a real joy to travel along, lovely houses and ancient Chateaus line the almost empty roads.
We chanced upon a lovely campsite with restaurant and spent a lovely evening relaxing with other diners before heading to bed.
We buy our fresh food each morning and lay a bottle of wine in the bottom, alongside a few beers. Then meat or fish, some cheese and finally a big bag of frozen veg on top. As we travel the frozen veg cools everything and we have some cold beers on arrival at the site along with cold food etc. and of course the veg can be eaten each evening wit the meal. I varied the veg and one day bought a load of frozen sprouts - these also provided an alternative ice cube!
We stayed in Meyrueis for a few days relaxing and walking locally - it is a lovely place.
Soon it was time to plan our next route - continuing west we hoped to visit a friend near Toulouse and gave ourselves two days for the journey.
Leaving the Gorges du Tarn the roads opened and we were able to pickup some speed, soon finding ourselves near Millau. Having been advised to not go 'over' the famous viaduct ( as you see little of it) we chose instead to follow the road to the south of the river and were rewarded with a spectacular sight from below!
The Viaduct is the tallest bridge in the world and quite incredible - it takes some time to take in the enormity of the engineering (see here for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct).
We continued to follow the charming Tarn Valley, this is much quieter than the Gorge area and a real joy to travel along, lovely houses and ancient Chateaus line the almost empty roads.
We chanced upon a lovely campsite with restaurant and spent a lovely evening relaxing with other diners before heading to bed.