Camping Wonders

Two years ago, the Goslings bought a three-bedroom tent with a large lounge. It happened to be Henny's birthday. They'd stopped by for an apéro in a pre-camping flourish of excitement, on their way to the wilds of the mazet for a trial-run, while we had a lovely meal at Les Goutailles. On our way home, we nodded up the hill hoping they were all right in a torrential downpour. The tent has been waiting ever since to see action again.

We'd been discussing a joint camping venture for so long, the notion was becoming a myth. Finally there came the perfect excuse. Freddie kindly bought 6 tickets to see Stevie Wonder in Nîmes the July 4th weekend. We found a shady campground near the beautiful town of Uzès. It was hotter than blazes, but an inviting 20 metre pool revived us after setting up.

On Sunday morning, a stop-off at the first Roman relic of the day, the nearby Pont du Gard...

...was followed by our pilgrimage to the 2000 year old Roman amphitheatre for the concert.

We scrambled up the ancient stones to find our places. While two warm-up acts played, you could see tarps covering mountains of instruments on the sidelines. When the roadies finally started to uncover it all, the crowd was buzzing in anticipation and Mexican waves. The man himself came on to the roar of ten thousand people. Stevie was, well, wonderful and the atmosphere was fantastic.

A fabulous weekend. So, where shall we go next?