Homeward Bound - Slowly.

The campsite at Orpierre - surrounded by cliffs

Almost a month since I last blogged - we have been on the move is my only excuse. Marmaris, Kalymnos, Manchester, Ariege, Orpierre and now Briançon - no wonder I occasionally get confused as to where we are when I wake up in the morning.
We have 10 days in Briançon then a week in the Maurienne, and after that, a blank slate with a rough plan to be back in the UK by mid-July, just before the schools break up and everywhere starts getting busy. The aim there is to get trained up in drone flying, and to help Alan (James) with the next Peak Limestone guidebook.

Turkey Time

Amphitheatre at Aphrodisias

Sunset near Ephesus

After continuous climbing for two and a half weeks with Colin the Peleponnes and another then another 10 days on Kalymnos I felt a bit 'climbed out' so we decided to visit Turkey on the way to Sherri's mums in Marmaris and on the way back to collect the car in France.

Crowds at Pamukkale

Poppies and mountains

Touristing isn't something we do much of but we thought we would try a few of the famous sites of 'Asia Minor'. In the event it was an interesting experience but not one we will be rushing to repeat. The places and spectacular and thought provoking but two of the sites - the Roman remains Ephesus, and the Travertine springs at Pamukkale were packed with almost unimaginable number of tourists pouring through all day long. The exception was the magnificent Aphodisias - a huge site of spectacular remains and completely deserted - touristing for agoraphobics!