Tarn Valley- - Peyre

Rained this morning while we were out walking  - a little wet by the time we returned to the van. But so good to see rain, a fresh smell in the air - but not as good as the Australian bush smell after a good downpour. 

We left Vabres l’Abbaye eastward towards St Affrique. Here we did a spot of shopping before coming across the largest Saturday market we have seen in France. The whole main route through the town was taken over by stalls. Traffic was rerouted well away from the area - a testing time for our three GPSs!

St Affrique is a very old village with the building showing their age - money has obviously not been put into its beautification. 

There was some interesting landmarks around the city with the old pedestrian bridge be outstanding. 

We left St Affrique and climbed through the hills before descending into the Tarn River Valley at St Rome-de-Tarn. We then followed the river along to Peyre where we stopped for the afternoon. 

At Peyre we had a fantastic view of the very impressive Millau Viaduct - one of the great engineering feats of this century. 

We plan to cross this 2.5 km viaduct tomorrow.