That looks fabulous. We did visit the Pont du Gard when on our river cruise.

Hi Guys,

Just thought I'd give you an update on my plans. I'm doing the Gardon Gorge with Walking Holidays in France in May. See

www.walking-holidays-france.com/Walking-holiday-in-Provence-Gardon-Gorge.html

It looks great - can't wait!

Cheers!

Milli

Hi Guys,

Just back from hiking in Le Midi so here goes - and my first posting here!

I don't know about wild camping as such things are not easy for a girlie to do all alone! However, I'd thoroughly recommend part of the Stevenson Trail. I did the 'Best of' with The Enlightened Traveller. Here's trhe link:

http://www.enlightened-traveller.co.uk/pages/Package_Pages.aspx?pkId=028f8490-5748-4d57-bafd-d50e12916e4c&pgId=1001

I actually met some US hikers who were camping and who'd also booked via The Enlightened Traveller. They wanted to copy RL Stevenson - not my cuppa tea, though!

I might try Mercantour myself in 2010, but would need some nice welcoming hotels - did you see any on your trip, Rob? Any feedback greatly appreciated as I want to get reading and booking.

Cheers!

NottinghamMilli

Well, it looks like we've settled on visiting some of the maritime alps in the Mercantaur National Park and will be spending most night wild camping with the occasional night in a hut. We'll be using some of the route given in the March issue of Trail but extending the route to 5/6 days. Looks like some pretty good walking in the area. Just need to wait for my map to turn up in the post now too.

If anyone is interested in how we're doing it the details are below.

We're also gonna take a day at the end of the hike to chill out on monaco beach before we head back home.

Thanks for the help :-)

Flight/eurostar to nice (about £60-110) then getting on the train to tende where we will walk, bus or taxi to les des mesches. From here we'll have 5/6 days hiking. The map you will need for this area is 3841ot which if typed in amazon comes back at £9.99.

 How about the Ardeche? I was briefly in the area in November and it's stunning. Looked like a great place for hiking (I didn't get a chance, was on a river cruise).