Apparently the Camping Municipale at Monestier is one of the last truly municipal sites in France. That is to say that whereas elsewhere the community now only own the land with the site run as a separate business, here the council do both. The site itself is run by a couple who have been here for 19 years, live on site during la saison, own a house in the village and know the area like the back of their deeply tanned hands. Lovely people.
There's been an accident up the valley. Sirens followed by helicopters ensure that all are aware of it. This is evidently not a rare event round here with much head shaking coming from the the locals. It is late summer. Big storms are common place though they usually pass quite quickly after a slow build-up in gathering gloom. The problem is that the heavy rains bring rocks down onto the roads from the towering cliffs which hang over these valleys. This is thought likely to be the cause of the crash. We have therefore been advised to travel via Grenoble rather than our intended route. It is this that we will do now.
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