We had a lazy day putzing around Maussane, today. We began by putzing into town to do some shopping where we found a wonderful shop selling all manner of produce from Les Alpilles. I love the way the French are…

Now, here’s an object lesson in how to put an old, disused bauxite mine to good use – in the unlikely event that you happen to have a suitable old, disused bauxite mine lurking about, of course. As it happens,…

On to my main interest for wanting to be in this area at this time of year: the Peau de Meau. As an amateur odonatologist, the Peau de Meau is irresistible. It is a part of the larger area known…

Campsites can be entertaining places sometimes. Today we were treated to a couple of international entertainment acts. Act #1 was from Deutschland. Popular though they most certainly are with many punters, I am personally very disparaging about motor vans. There…

One instinctively knows when it’s time to move on. We’d had a good time at Millau, helped by an interesting riverside pitch and reasonable weather for orchid hunting but now it felt like time to move. We bad farewell to…

Today dawned brightly enough but soon turned largely grey. Anyone would think we were in the UK. The first task on our agenda was to take my limping steed to a French bicycle repair man. I loaded my bike on…

The back wheel of my bike is buckled, probably caused by my falling on it when I used my left knee as a brake, in the absence of any actual brakes, a few days ago. Since none of the plasters…

The scenery around Millau is quite spectacular with various rivers, most notably the Tarn, having cut precipitous gorges deep into the surrounding Jurassic limestone plateau. The resulting individual plateaux between the series of gorges are at an altitude of about…

We’ve stayed at Millau a couple of times before and always at the same campsite, Camping St. Lambert amongst trees beside a gentle bend in the river Dourbie. The Dourbie’s attraction for us is that it’s a good wildlife river,…