Simple minds
12 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Powerful performance. Cherisse Osei on drums smashed it. Played though till 23:45
Morning after the night before
13 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Pitch up
13 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Set up with the mad French! Over 24hrs to wait!
TdF Stage 15
14 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Tour de France - Plateau de Beille
Pogacar magestic! G chatting on a Sunday afternoon ride with the lads, and Cav suffering. Boy are those guys looking after him!
Back to work on the rest day!
15 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Camping la Chiconette.
15 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Time for a shower (after beer)
Set waiting TdF Stage 16 in a vineyard
16 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Waiting for the tour. Office for the day in a vineyard. Loads of meetings before it arrives!
Flash
16 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Well that was over in a flash.
The end of my tour exploits! Back to working from the campsite before Marie joins me on Saturday (fingers crossed).
Waiting for my washing!
18 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Brushetta Salad?
18 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
It was not what I expected, but it was delicious!
Last nights camping
19 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
A bit sad the camping is almost over, but it will be nice to be able to sit on a toilet!
ARLES - Market, lunch and wander!
20 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Wander through the Market, just in time to buy some veg. Then caesar salad (egg and fried chicken?) Before wandering in the blazing sun.
Wow Arles has a lot. Will be back to do proper tourist things.
Etang de Vacarres
20 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Near our gîtes. Just exploring before I can check in.
Gîte Grenouillet
20 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Home for a week.
Etang du Vacarres (again)
22 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Van Gogh day.
22 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
Great day traipsing round Arles on the Van Gogh trail. Followed by a wonderful meal out. Then this sunset greets us on the way back to the gîtes.
Aigues Mortes
23 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Amazingly preserved medieval town with pink lakes
ResenärIn fact, the reason why the salt marshes in Aigues-Mortes (and anywhere else, for that matter) seem to be full of pink water comes down to the food chain. The pink water comes from a pink algae (Duanaliella Salina) which lives in it. This pink algae can exist in just about any kind of natural body of saltwater.
Wildlife
23 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Some wildlife shots including
Carmargue cattle
Cattle Egret
Dragonflies
Ibis
Parc Ornathilogique
25 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Wonderful place, so much to see. Worth a visit
Parc Ornithologique
25 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Taking Marie to the mental hospital.
26 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Today we have visited the mental institution Van Gogh admitted himself to. Still a functioning institution, although I'm sure it's moved with the times.
Van Gogh was here for a year after cutting hisLäs mer
Pont du Gard
27 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Amazing spot. Great value at 9 Euros. Could have spent all day there enjoying splashing in the river.
Very hot climbing to the top. The bull terrier was exhausted!
Le Glasgow 1976
27 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Landed on our feet here. Nice food, although the service was a bit brusque!
Le Cheval Noir, St Etienne
28 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Pleasant and quiet night, particularly for a city centre hotel, but breakfast was dire!
A day in Champagne
29 juli 2024, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Relaxing day pottering about in the Champagne region.
Views, a few war cemeteries, and a different cave visit. More focus on palaeontology than champagne, although we did still get a glass!