I walked too far, 5miles !, yesterday and my foot was sore, so a drive around the gorge today. There was regular stopping points with great views, little wonder it's called Europe's Grand Canyon.
Before the river was dammed, the water flowed at up to 800 cu.meters per second in times of spate. Now it's controlled at between 8 and 30 cu./m. per second.
The route crossed over the river Artuby, where a 180m. bungy jump was set up. Lots of young men queuing for it.
At Les Caviliers, a cliffside restaurant, the drop is almost vertical for 300m.
The gorge ends where it flows into Lac de St. Croix. The return on the north side of the gorge, was not so hairy. I stopped for lunch on the roadside in the shade of a Plane tree, and the road was closed off for a cycle race to pass, nicely timed for me.
My camping neighbours are two young women hitching around on a shoestring budget. One's Ukrainian and the other is Russian. They don't speak French, though between them they do speak 6 languages.
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