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After the first uninterrupted nights sleep for a few days for all, I at least had a nice lie in. Kev and the girls had a nice walk through the woods. Today we planned to go back to the Oyster sellers on the shore of Arcachon Bay. However as that was not until lunch, weContinue reading “Oyster Survey – Gujarat-Mestras, Arcachon, France”

Before we left Castelsarrasin we needed to stop off at the local bike shop to sort out my bike flat tire, obviously when we had time to spare waiting for a vet appointment the day before it was closed. It looked to be leaking on the seam of the tire and having been persuaded toContinue reading “Sun seeking – Gujarat-Mestras, Arcachon, France”

Living even temporarily, as we are currently in our motorhome, you need to adapt to life on the road. That was the case for us yesterday, with an unexpected extra day in the small town of Castelsarrasin. It was intended only as a quick stop to break our journey to Bordeaux. However, overnight on SundayContinue reading “#Vanlife – Castelsarrasin, France”

We were up and about early ready to make our move from Méze. We realised whilst we were watching the rugby the afternoon before 5 UK vans had come into the Aire. We have literally only seen one on our trip so far and then suddenly 5 arrive together, not sure if they were travellingContinue reading “French Fortifications – Carcassonne, France”

After some lovely seafood the day before, we decided to head further along the coast to where the Oysters are produced. Bouzigues is a small and pretty village on the shore of the Étang de Thau inland sea. There is a direct cycle path, off road and through vineyards straight there. So we packed LolaContinue reading “Cycle trip to Bouzigues – Méze, France”

We moved on from Palavas-les-Flot this morning, without disappointment though with a certain amount of manoeuvring, to get out around the other crammed in motorhomes. Only a short trip down the road this morning, to give the South of France coast line another shot. We had read about the Oyster beds in the Étang deContinue reading “Seafood Delight – Meze, France”

Today we started with a quick trip by bike to the supermarket having an unsuccessful trip yesterday. It was a small Carrefour Market, which did not have everything we needed, but a decent haul was distributed between panniers and rucksacks for the quick 5 min trip back. We also worked out the Montpellier cycle routeContinue reading “Montpellier Cycle Tour – Palavas-les-Flots”

We headed out of Remoulin under grey skies, but hopeful of a change in the weather later in the day and headed to the coast. Neither of us had visited the French Mediterranean coast before and thought we ought to try. Therefore we picked a small resort town south of Montpellier, with an Aire atContinue reading “At the Mediterranean – Palavas-les-Flots”

We finally woke to clearer skies after another night of torrential rain. Including a 2am wake up call when the girls helpfully barked to tell us about the thunder, it’s a bit more dramatic here than they are used to in the UK. Therefore, finally time to see the Pont du Gard, an ancient firstContinue reading “Pont du Gard – Remoulin, France”