Ha ha ha ..... we've written to George Lucas to see if he will have a fleet of these in the next Star Wars film! ..... Autumn greetings to y'all, on this, our final entry.  It's Saturday 15th October and we're waving at you from Wissant.  Back at the campsite that we started on, where you can see England on a clear day, and we can tune in to Radio 4.

After Languedoc, we went north east to The Camargue, around Provence,  up the Rhone Valley, through Burgundy into Champagne and then Picardy.  The sun has had his hat on every day since we left the Med and we're hoping to bring it back with us so that we can use it on Hackney Marshes. The Camargue was filled with white horses, black bulls and cowboys.  The cowboys make a living driving the black bulls through town centres, whilst riding the white horses.  We didn't know what the people were lining up to see, but it was quite exhilarating when they came thundering past, and even better 'cos they had a cowgirl leading the drive:

We left the Med and headed to in-land Provence and stayed for a week at the Lac de St Croix.

The Lac is on the edge of the Gorges du Verdon, the largest canyon in Europe and a truly impressive part of the world.  Great for walking and cycling, and also for pedalling a pedalo through the Gorge one sunny afternoon:

Although many places in Provence have their share of touristy-twee, we loved it for the countryside.  Oak trees sharing sunlight with olive trees, rosemary, lavender and honey bees.  Lush landscape and warm climate ... we were still swimming in the lake in October.  Yes, we'd be quite happy with a small house and a meadow there, if anyone's got one they don't need ...

At Sillans la Cascade, we found a lovely waterfall:

and at Fontaine de Vaucluse, there is a working paper mill, using the water coming out of the rocks:

Avignon, on the Rhone, is a relaxed and friendly place:

Burgundy was great to drive through, hill after hill of rolling autumnal vineyards, as far as the eye can see.  We went to a market in Dijon, before spending the night in a forest and on through Champagne.  We stopped off at Troyes there, with its huge Gothic cathedral and higgledy-piggledy tudor houses:

In Picardy, we stopped off at St Valery sur Somme, which has a real sea-shanty feel to it.  Back to the English Channel after five months, and a few days to go before we head through the tunnel and to Sussex.  We'll be back in Hacknah by the end of the month.  Looking forward to seeing y'all.  We sure have missed ya.  We've got babies to meet, weddings to go to, bon voyages to say, red wine to give ya, and oh yeah ... jobs to find.  Not only that, it'll soon be the season to be jolly ... we've been practising, it's been brilliant. 

Much love

Lynn, Steve, George and Del xxxx