Steph Janes arrives for a holiday and first night out we get started in Aigues-Morte.
Mooring at Aigues-Morte.
New bar table and chair sets,, we think it could catch on!!!
Finally on our way towards Sete we spied the elusive Flamingoes!!!
Having a suspicious crew is always entertaining especially nosey ones.
Here in Sete it was the 3 young men who were diving along the side of the entrance of the harbour, and then the crew noticed that someone had driven their car off the wharf into the sea.
So rescue truck etc etc.
We had a fun packed 10 days with Steph,, doing/seeing new things, like finding ourselves on a beach where everybody ( nobody seeing 60-70 again), was actually stark bollock naked ( we now understand that saying!!!), and we were nearly the only ones wearing clothes😁😁😁😁.
Had a nice quick day trip by train to Montpellier and had a small salad lunch.!!!!!!
The Saint Clement Aqueduct, built in 18C to provide water for the city.
And of course another statue of Louis XIV.
Montpelleir has this thing with bicycles and we found these two, just
hanging out of the city walls.
Another first is that Kiwi Rose threw down her anchor and we swam off the back of the boat in the SEA. Nice clean warm water.
Steph, Max and I also biked to beaches, up/down the canals, shopping, and then did lots of relaxing drinking and eating on the back of the boat.
Dancing girls joining in with the flavour of the night.
Evening drinks on the beach.
The beautiful serene Canal du Midi with some Plaine trees left.
Arrived at this bridge, and we had a couple of days while we contemplated taking the windscreen glass down.
A well deserved beer after a 20 km round trip to have a great swim in the sea at Portiragnes-Plage from our mooring at Villeneuve-les-Beziers.
New friends playing on the bank by the boat...., the Coypu.
Then on to Beziers.
OK, First test was actually getting under this bridge.... so canvas all down , , and then the glass!!!!!
WE ARE THROUGH,,, EASY PEASY!!!!
The magnifent Cathedrale Saint Nazaire overlooking the River Orb and the valley below.
And last tuesday, the first rain we have had on Kiwi Rose in 14 weeks !!!! Great for the French land, but not quite the same for the hire boats on a 7 day misson.
And so we start winding to a close for this summer on Kiwi Rose.
Just packing and cleaning and catching up with freinds, and collecting the car before we go back to the UK.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT-
Montpelleir has this thing with bicycles and we found these two, just
hanging out of the city walls.
Another first is that Kiwi Rose threw down her anchor and we swam off the back of the boat in the SEA. Nice clean warm water.
Steph, Max and I also biked to beaches, up/down the canals, shopping, and then did lots of relaxing drinking and eating on the back of the boat.
The little town of Meze on the Etang.
OK, First test was actually getting under this bridge.... so canvas all down , , and then the glass!!!!!
A short cycle ride around Beziers and up to the
9 Fonceranes locks at Beziers.
Pierre-Paul Riquet built the locks between1 666-1681, during the reign of King Louis XIV.
These locks allow boats to cover an elevation of 13.6m over 300m on the canal above the river Orb. It earier times there was a lock connecting the canal to the river Orb, depth of 21.6m .
Found this couple doing the Canal in this rubber ducky. They took the seat out at night and unloaded their belogings onto the bank. They then blew up their double air bed and camped under a tarp on the boat.
Just shows you don't need a fancy boat to do this canalling business.
And last tuesday, the first rain we have had on Kiwi Rose in 14 weeks !!!! Great for the French land, but not quite the same for the hire boats on a 7 day misson.
And so we start winding to a close for this summer on Kiwi Rose.
Just packing and cleaning and catching up with freinds, and collecting the car before we go back to the UK.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT-
Just outside the lagoon is the Tapu dive site, among the most well-known areas to observe sharks. Get more interesting details about introductory diving check out this site.
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