We are very relieved to be back on board even if we are perched 3 metres above the ground. The only good thing about Cap D’Agde ( known as Agde’s evil twin) is the Musee de l’Ephebe which is an amazing treasure trove of shipwreck relics going back to when the ancient Greeks settled there.
There is a little market in the square every day, oysters are 6 euros a kilo and there is a fabulous boulangerie with some of the best bread we have had. The Cave fills bottles for under 2 euros a litre and the sun is shining. It is great not to have to brave the bike route to and from the boat every day although we did a supermarche run to-day which involved a main road with heavy groceries on our backs.
This week-end there has been a festival of fishers so we went to the fish market and were entertained by a truly corny sound and light show with multiple performers in kitch costumes followed by some very pretty fireworks. Our neighbours on Largo are friendly and have two cute little dogs called Ruby and Annie. Laura and I went for a bike ride yesterday – we had to give up on the pine forest as the tracks were thick sand but we went to the other side of the river on the water bus and biked to Agde and back.
It is incredibly busy here, over 30 boats in the dry dock – most of them yachts – and boats coming in to have their masts put up all the time. It is quite a relief when 6.30 comes and the machines stop. We had two workmen on the job to-day, both filling and sanding but the painting hasn’t started yet.
A shoal of fish come to feed by the wharf where we are parked, we are learning their tastes, they like remains of bones and sausage but no cheese or bread. However the ducks are keen and sit and wait very patiently.
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