French tour - Day 6, Cépie to La Vacarie.

After another hot night we woke groggy and tired but wanted to get away early. We planned to have a quick stop at Carcassone , a walled city that we first visited back in the 90's with the Mini club! We soon changed our minds when we tried finding a car park space, no chance! It was extremely busy. With covid on the up in France we didn't want  to take any risks so decided to give it a miss.  Moving on and Still not tiring of the beautiful scenery in this part of the world we took the minor roads to the Haut- Languedoc National park. Following the river Jaur down a very steep sided wooded gorge. Temperatures now in the high 30's we stopped at a lay by, set down away from the road near the river. It was a cracking spot for a wild swim and with only a handful of other people about we swam in the deep cool clear waters and soon cooled off. Before we new it it was the end of the day so we rather than move on late in the day we put the kettle on and stayed. Brilliant day ! Distance 131 km