Day Five - Toulon to Roquebrune Cap Martin

Well today is my last driving day until Saturday.  It's a relatively short drive, only 120 miles.  I spent last night in an underground car park at Ibis Styles Toulon.  Even with Sat Nav I still had to ask a Gendarme for directions to get in.  I'm amazed by the lack of Red cars in France.  Either it's a political thing or red is too hard to keep clean.  In the south there seem to be more dark coloured cars, not sure why.  Black is the worst colour for showing up muck.  I was parked next to the Toulon Stadium so took these, Jonny Wilkinson was nowhere to be seen....

Toulon Stadium - They wouldn't let me on the turf.

No sign of Jonny Wilkinson today.

 Anyway, out of Toulon and onto the A57 and A8 to Antibes.  This section seems to have a never ending number of sections of toll road.  Some you get a ticket and pay at the end of the section, others you pay cash at the booth.  One was 80 cents but with no cash the card will cost about four quid - bugger!!!!!!!.  You NEED around 25 Euro in loose change from Calais to Antibes via my route for the tolls, PLUS a card for the longer stretches (I'll do a cost for fuel/tolls/etc later in the blog).

Just had to visit Antibes to tick a box.  Drove around the promenade and found a 2012 brother.

Best looking in foreground

Best looking one is at the front

Even though the Frenchy is a 2012 registration

Chose to ignore the Sat Nav and finished up on the battlements at the North side of Antibes.  One way through the market area, full of pedestrians, 10mph, then back along the battlements.  Dont know the history but Antibes was deffo defending something.  Then past the Marina (even two jags couldn't fit with his small wallet in here!!!), and along the seafront to Villeneuve -Loubet Plage.  Full of cars and everone laid on a beach full of large pebbles - NO SAND, just pebbles.

Back on the A8 and a series of tunnels and twists and turns to junction 58 and the D2564 down about five miles to Roquebrune Cap Martin.  On the way a quick break....

Me in the shade - you thought you'd get my number...no chance

Half way down the mountain, twists and turns then...wow

So, that's me in Roquebrune Cap Martin outside the Hotel Victoria.  Due to the lack of parking space even here, I'm having a couple of days rest (blocking a parking spot).  I'm straight opposite the bay, so forgive my artistic licence....... 

Give a French driver an inch in a BMW.... and he'll take your space too.

This is the view I am seeing tonight

Then, on Saturday morning I'm off for my photoshoot in Monte Carlo, hope to get some good shots, depends on where and when, will post what I can, then on to Monza for the night and then.................

Stelvio Pass.  Can't wait. . . .