2021,  July 18th 

Well the weather remains 28-33 degrees and sunny everyday. 😃 Such a chore !! 

Again we have spent 10 days on our favourite mooring in the middle of nowhere  Aresquiers. 

Nobody wants no to play with us--its so so quiet. This is great as we are only meant to stay on the Quai for 24hrs.!!!!!!!!  COVID definitely impacting holiday makers.

Off to the beach in the afternoons with Max's new comfy chair and umbrella-- beach here is really quiet as no carpark near so either have to get to it by bike, or a long walk..

BUT as all good things come to an end-- The famous Mistral winds came for 3 days --bit dangerous to cycle much but we still got off the boat. 

Oysters again

 

And with that wind, mooring gets a bit tricky too for some boaters.

14TH  JULY= BASTILLE DAY ACROSS FRANCE.

Although moored 8-9kms away we still managed to see some fireworks. 

And the commercial barges are still working in the the south along The Canal du Rhone a Sete. 

Back to Frontignan to get water and the celebrations are still going on with a 5 day tournament.

Watching this is thirsty and hungry work.

Happy faces of some of the band- a great day out for everyone.

😀😀

We thought we should explore the area so we took the bikes and went to Nimes for the day..

Trains were pretty crowded so I was halfway up the stairs and Max just blocked the toilet. 

Nimes was an important outpost of the Roman Empire. It has very well preserved monuments such as the Arena which is a double tiered cira ampitheatre, still in use today for concerts and bull fights 😒but luckily the Spaniash version where they DON'T kill the bull.👍👍👍

The Maison Carrree, the best preserved Roman Temple in the world.

And the amazing gardens , The Jardins de la Fontaine.

The above is the Temple of Diana.

And the Tour Magne.

AND of course Max found a T-Shirt stall

And of course, every town has a French Carrosell.

The train home was even more crowded --this is after NOT being able to get on the first train and having to wait 2hours for the next one.😢😢😢😢😢😢