wine and boats

We decided to not do the toll roads today and sample the wide Rhone valley floor on the local roads, through all the villages with name that conjure up all that is best on a wine list, of purely Cotes DE Rhone wines, which would be a bit of crap wine list really.

Yeah right nice and all that, but we got stuck behind a boat, a big boat on a big trailer that was so big it couldn't go round roundabouts the right way. 60 miles in 3 hours, that's slower than  Usain Bolt, (if he ran for 3 hours) was lovely though, not sure why italics on though.

So currently by the Rhone surrounded by wine! The camp site is bang by the river 5 minutes from the centre of Tournon - sur - Rhone, rather than re write a very well written tourist bit, I'll paste it in!!

Tournon acts as a gateway to the Ardeche and lies at the foot of granite hills which rise up from the Vallee du Doux. 
A pretty town with wide tree-lined avenues it is proud of its historical heritage and 11th-16th-century chateau which houses a museum of local history.  To the north of the Grand Rue on Place St Julien lies Collegiale St Julien with its imposing bell tower.  It serves as an example of the Italian influence on architecture in the area in the 14th-century. 
Tournon is a great place to sample some of the delights of the Ardeche such as roasted chestnuts.  Across the river you'll also be able to visit the village of Tain l'Hermitage with its steeply vineyards producing some of the most costly of the Cotes du Rhone wines (white and red Hermitage).

So tomorrow Chestnuts for Breakfast washed down with some expensive red plonk then up to the bell tower to eat granite for lunch. Lovely.