5 Jul, 2017 | Étang de Thau, Canal du Rhône à Sète, France, Hérault
After a relaxing week in the Camargue we put Viv in a taxi to Montpellier airport and Dan and Mark arrived in Palavas on Friday night after driving two long grueling days. Liza arrived in montpellier on Saturday so dan and Liza are in their splendid new camper van and...
29 Jun, 2017 | Canal du Rhône à Sète, France, Le Lez
We have had a lovely week in the Camargue with Viv. We have seen flamingos, whites horses with their foals and little blcak bulls so we are all very happy. Viv caught a fish which we ate, not sure what sort it was. Aigue Morte gave us great weather for the walk up the...
29 Aug, 2015 | Canal du Rhône à Sète, France
We have fallen in love with the Camargue. From Aigue Morte to Beaucaire we had a fabulous time. Lots of Camargue horses, flamingoes, egrets, herons, wild time. We picked figs (I made a great fig chutney with fresh ginger) Â found an amazing Domain where we bought the...
18 Aug, 2015 | Canal du Rhône à Sète
After a few stormy days with torrential rain in Bouzigues the weather cleared in time for Gillian to rejoin the crew. We feasted 0n oysters from a hole in the wall opened splendidly by Simon, he has perfected the technique – no grit. We ate them with saki, great...
24 Jul, 2014 | Canal du Rhône à Sète, Hérault
The Muscat festival at Frontignan was such a treat. We were there to see the old boats go out and come back with the barrels of muscat, brass bands, speeches and games for young and old.
23 Jul, 2014 | Canal du Rhône à Sète, France, Hérault
We arrived in Frontignan just in time to get a ring-side seat for the Jousting. Basically the guys try  to knock each other into the water. Here are a few photos of successful attempts. Seems like if you are really big it is harder to knock you off the boat –...
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