Saturday, 1 September 2018

Pont du Gard - what have the Romans ever done for us?

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Another amazing feat of Roman building is Pont du Gard aqueduct which was built to carry water from the source of the Uzes river to  Nimes.
Another blazingly hot day and I welcomed a swim in the cool river. I came here in my 20s and then you didn't have to pay to get on to the bridge - now it is one large museum. There were a lot of people enjoying the amenities as well as viewing the bridge and learning about it. Some daring young people were tombstoning from rocks into deeper parts of the flow, many were kayaking and plenty swimming from the little bays all along the banks. It is a magnificent sight and the river is clean and inviting.





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