1st June..... Is summer here yet..?????

The weather here has been cool, cold, wet, sunny, windy and windy!!!!

I have to say we have had one nice day a week ago  and its another today. AND as you do on nice weather days - you go off cycling---umm not such a good idea... So that trip last week, firstly my bike was making an awful racket-- so much so that Max can hear me behind him- he didn't even need to turn around- then I get my purse lifted- so no shopping done, - and then as we are cycling madly back to the boat to cancel all the cards--and my e-bike motor just STOPS!!!   NOW that really slows us down as its bloody heavy!! So £20 each for new drivers licences- both french and uk debit cards re-ordered and my GLIC card. oh and a new bike motor-- lets see how much this nice day cost us!!   Ummmmmmm

South of  France beaches, between Sete and Agde, waiting for the influx of summer tourists-- these will be packed in August!!

We do go out in the car in pursuit of company!!  We drove to catch up with Aileen and Grahame for lunch with Allan and Shelia in Homps- down the Canal du Midi a bit -- thought a bit of bunting should go up to note early celebration of Grahames 80TH... Lovely lunch with them all again!! Becoming a bit of good habit 

Staying back in Frontignan with free mooring for 3 days and 2euros for power and water. No Capitainerie sighted so we overstayed like others were 😏😏😏😏😏😏

Usual entertainment with the bumper boats and local water sports all around us..

Bridge up at 0930-- who can get through first!!!

 Whoaaaa

If we were staying long enough we would hacve signed up for this group on their open day.

And my faourite little excursion up to the local bar in the square----

Did our yearly trip out onto the Med from Frontignan to go to get Diesel from the sea port of Frontignan, about 5kms along the coast.

Max thought we had the weather right- and the trip out there was lovely,  - then the rain came so the way back a slightly different trip ---- but we loved it - a real feeling of boating......

 

Back at Les Aresquires- our quiet wild mooring- max sporting his new french haircut- and life goes on around us...120m of boat with a heavy heavy load of bitumix!!

We pay a levi to the VNF yearly who maintain the 1000's of kms of canals in France,, here they are very hard at work, trying to stop the canal wall disappearing into the next E'tang..

One thing we have noticed is this year is the number of  privately owned boats of various social levels. This year whether its the change in how th eVNF are trying to move people on from free green banking all year or not- but what we have noticed is the number of boats with single men of indiscriminate age ( due to hair/facial/head) on a variety of boats, who ALL seem to have BIG dogs with them...

Max thought this yacht could be quite nice-- but this owner has 3 BIG dogs on board, that seem to stay below, and  Max watches the guy take them off the boat 3 times a day on leads, and .....not a  plastic bag in sight--😠😠😠😠😠😠  or a run around!!!

This one only had one big dog that seemed to sleep on the quay, and this little house cabin -- that was totally electric...2 little electric motors on the back .

Now we are In Aigues-Morte for the next 6 weeks.

A different view of another side of the old city walls of Aigues- Morte.

Full night view of Marina.

A very busy sleepy mum sitting on 10 eggs at the end of our pontoon!! We will watch nature unfold!!!

So we are now safely moored up as we both have to fly back to UK next week, to oversee the shipping company when they come in to move our flat contents to NZ  ((( no going back now))) and Lucy to fly to New Zealand on 12Th June to be with Emma and Jesse for 3 weeks as a new grandma.

 Welcome Rory Donald Shepherd. 21/5/2024

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We know 2 sets of friends here in Aigues-Morte. Angie & Hans who live between their beautiful boat here and Barcelona, and Claire & Paul from UK who have just bought a lovely house here for the summer months. I think between these people, his bike, and other friends few hours drive away-- he won't be toooo lonely while I am away in NZ...😀😀😀

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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK....