French tour - Day 7, La Vacarie to Millau

Sun was well up and temperature climbing when we got under way, the night before , on google maps, I had noticed a small pull in 3 mile or so further down the road. It had good reviews so we moved along to have a look. It was still early and the smallcar park only had a few cars so we gave it a go. Shoved some breakfast into the rucksack along with a couple of towels and followed the trail down through the woods to the gorge below. Fréjo was the name on the car park, apparently the name of the waterfall appearing half way out  of the side of a limestone cliff. We soon went in for a dip, so refreshing even at 9.00 in the morning. Stayed a while, ate breakfast then back to the van. Decided to give theGorge d'Heric a look. A lot of people had recommended them so we swung off the Main road onto a small lane that went straight between the  tables of a coffee shop, the van just fitted and the faces of the people drinking coffee was a picture ! It didnt get any better when we found d ourselves at the car park, a dead end with now way to turn. Car park attendant was very apologetic but the car park was full. She let us in to turn round ,it was rammed.  Note to self, never visit France in August again ! We continued to follow the gorge down to Clarmont before heading up the A75 towards Millau. We approached Millau on the D809 as I wanted to cross the bridge in the morning and the road has great views of the huge ravine with Millau far below and the bridge in the distance. Just as we pulled in the sky free heavy and dark, the a thunderstorm broke out and it rai ed for the first time for us in months. Driving in to Millau every site and Aire was full, we took the hard decision to stay on a local supermarket car park along with a handful of campers and motorhomes. Early start tomorrow morning, shopping for supplies then off to the bridge . Distance today 160km