Well that wasn’t the start we had planned for, a long drive to Font only to find it typically wet. Hung around for a few days to see if it would dry out and took in a few sights, after much pondering over the forecast we thought it best to keep travelling south. So we have left the familiar surroundings of Fontainebleau to drive straight south to the beautiful town of Carcasonne in a hope for better weather to climb in the neighbouring boulder area of Targasonne.

Ivan seems to be holding up well, still getting our heads around the fact we are now living in a van. It’s strangely homely and toasty for the month of January, after refusing to pay restaurant prices we found ourselves parked on the roadside munching supermarket pizza and wedges. We also found the smoke alarm works, note to self, remove batteries before cooking.
 

 

The trips mascot has kept us more than entertained during the rainy days, look out for him making an appearance in future photos, providing we can prop him up…. Last night someone over indulged. Fingers crossed for decent weather and some climbing news to follow.