Traversing France

The day started at 7am, still dark, but cold and dry. Once I'd packed stuff for travelling again in the back of the Landy, it was follow the purple line on the Satnav for the day. 

I did manage some detours, one to read all about the 1948/18 tank losses by the French, then another couple for food, money etc.i ticked off most of my jobs list, except for sim card and hi lift jack. 

At one point, I almost got taken out by a guy racing across multiple lanes to use the bit of road I occupied and almost at days end, I found fuel at a good price, so turned into the garage, only to have the Landy bounce over a long concrete divider which I'm guessing was meant to stop people entering that way, but it wasn't visible st night! I was a bit shocked as the truck made a lot of noise as it bounced over, but the Landy was fine, so I filled up and left quietly.

The dry weather only lasted an hour, then I was driving along the leading edge of front which was trying its best to dump a lot if wet snow behind me. I kept going and eventually outran it, or it was moving in a slightly different direction to me, which lead me back into dry roads again. 

As I got near Grenoble, the temperature climbed noticeably, a balmy 8 degrees! 

At Chaumentais, I drove under a 3 tier viaduct built in the 1850's and still going strong today. 54 trains daily traversed that bridge!

At 9pm, I parked up for the night in a lay by and slept deeply till 7am. 

Next day was more of the same. Except now I was in mountain country. The Vercors were glowing nicely and although the roads were slimy, there wasn't much snow left for the most part from the last big dump. I finally sorted where to get a Sim card from, but then couldn't register it, so try again tomorrow. Problem is I'll be in Italy soon and need a different one again.

Another night parked up, this time next to a lake 100km north of Nice. I'll drop down to the seaside tomorrow, try again for the jack. Then head into Italy I think.