In the local harbours of Marseillan, Mèze and Sète, the attentive wandering tourist may catch sight of some rather curious looking rowing boats. It’s entirely possible that these craft also occur in other harbours further afield but the three towns…
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Vendange
In the previous post I introduced one of the local wine specialities, Picpoul de Pinet, Picpoul being the grape variety and Pinet being the village carrying the appelation. Along with Mike and Linda, we visited a couple of caves, one…
Local Harbours
We are now encamped at St.Martin du Pin where our friends, Mike & Linda, have rented a gîte for this week. We’ve been to this campsite on a few previous occasions but it is now under new ownership so we…
Provence Summary
We moved on from Provence to Montagnac in the Hérault today. Here, we are meeting up with friends Mike & Linda and hoping to celebrate a double birthday in Francine’s favourite birthday lunch spot, Marseillan harbour. It’s a double birthday…
Posted in 2011 Autumn Tagged with: damselflies, dragonflies, France, nature, photography, Provence, travel, wildlife
Étang des Aulnes
For our last day in Les Alpilles we thought we’d call into another noted wildlife habitat and Odonata spotting spot in these parts called the Étang des Aulnes. It’s a Sunday and, being a fishermans’ hang out, I was rather…
Posted in 2011 Autumn Tagged with: Camargue, dragonflies, Etang des Aulnes, France, nature, odonata, photography, travel, wildlife
Pay the Ferryman
One really shouldn’t visit this area without getting a feel for the Camargue itself and to see some of the things for which it is noted. The Camargue is a large wetland formed by the complex and widespread delta of…
Peau de Meau
There are many so-called flat areas in the world. In the UK, the county of Norfolk is generally, somewhat disparagingly referred to as being flat: “Oh, Norfolk, yes, it’s terribly flat”. From an alcohol-dulled memory, I seem to recall that…
Posted in 2011 Autumn Tagged with: damselflies, dragonflies, France, nature, photography, travel, wildlife
Roman Relics
The Romans knew a thing or two about living in a decent climate. All teh more surprising, therefore, that they eventually chose to cross the Channel and invade the British Isles. There were benefits, however; it is because the Romans…
Aux Alpilles
This morning we hitched up early and headed for our next port of call, Les Alpilles. Les Alpilles, themselves a parc naturel régional, are an attractive series of rocky hills in the middle of an otherwise flat plain just north-east…
Le Viaduc de Millau
A burst of early morning sun convinced us – it didn’t have to try very hard – to stay in Millau for one more day and see if we could get at least a reasonable picture of its attractive viaduct…
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