The Birds are Flocking around…

As expected the rain continued to hammer down all Sunday night, and as I awoke to a sodden campsite spurred me into action.. I did briefly contemplate returning to the coast, to hear on ‘Riviera radio’ that it was equally dismal on there, and for the next couple of days.

So I headed off, on my original route, up through the Alps, on high mountain passes, with cloud and rain shielding the actual tops, although they did occasionally ‘peek out’ for me, but not often

As I approached my destination of Gap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap,_Hautes-Alpes , I called into a local Mcd’s to catch up on emails, again checking weather forecasts…poor everywhere I wanted to go, and as Gap seemed a reasonable location to ‘sit it out’, and where I could decided on moving which way to go, I continued, getting to a campsite Alpes Dauphine  http://www.alpesdauphine.com/ , a pretty grotty,muddy pitch awaited, although in fairness the heavy rain wasn’t helping !

It did have the advantage of a Bar/Restaurant which I used for the next 2 nights (treating myself!), whilst listening to tales from 3 cyclists, travelling to Monaco for next weekends Grand Prix, on a charity ride http://monaco1000.com//  some motor cyclists and their ‘pure’ language !

The rain continued as I stayed in and read, accompanied by the calls of the Peacock and his mate, who wandered freely throughout the campsite… him displaying his wares…her, being a woman –ignoring him !

I’m sure Gap in the sunshine is a nice place, but for now, I’ve made my plans, and hopefully with a little dry weather I’ll be able to do several climbs as I wend my way up through the Alps…