A sunny campsite is not always a comfortable one

Marilena poses on the parapet of the bridge over the river Loire at Nevers.

We travelled down from Versailles today in lovely sunshine. "This is it," we thought. "The holiday starts here!" And indeed it was very agreeable. The day was bright and the camper was comfortable with excellent air conditioning, so were able to laugh in the face of a hot sun as we motored south through the French countryside.
The campsite at Nevers is by the river Loire just opposite the city's cathedral. And a splendid sight it is too. Nevers is a most attractive town with lots of medieval buildings in the old quarter. We went to mass in the cathedral on Assumption Day and visited the Espace Bernadette at the convent where her body is displayed in a glass casket.

The body of St Bernadette in her glass casket.

Bernadette Soubirous is of course famous for her association with Lourdes; she left her own village to get some peace and quiet away from the crowds of admirers. It's unlikely she would have been suitable material for today's reality TV!

The camp site was fine except for one inconvenience - we had no shade. And owing to our camping inexperience we had placed the awning in such a way that we got the glare of the sun all day long! We survived of  course but it taught us a sharp lesson about how to take the sun's position into account when setting up camp.

Awning update
Erection was slightly better on this site (about 1h 15min).