We could not have got a better day for our short trip into St-Tropez to spend some time with the rich and famous, if we recognise anyone who is rich and famous! The sky is perfectly clear overhead and the sun’s rays slowly spreading over the terrace in front of the mobile home just in time for breakfast. It had been a comfortable night and sure the bed was one of those of fashioned doubles, we managed. The shower however was another matter. We really can’t stand the showers we have had where there is nowhere to hang the shower head so you can wash yourself without having to pick up and put down the shower head while you soap yourself up. We have only had a couple and both times they have been in tight ... read more

The weather has been progressively improving each day and this morning it was fine overhead but without a bit of direct sun onto the partly covered patio it was still just a bit too cool to be sitting out there having breakfast. We would love to spend more time chasing down sights of flamingos going about their day and if we do happen across some in the wild while we head off to visit a couple of towns and their sights then we will stop to record their antics. However we learnt about an ancient walled town that has been very well preserved and we plan a visit there after taking in another town closer by with a walking trail that sounds interesting as it reveals history of living in the Camargue. The town of Aimargues ... read more

Compared to the last couple of days in Spain the weather here in France has improved. There is still the high overcast but at least the rain is staying way which will make sightseeing tolerable and avoid the need to decide whether to get wet or not when we stop. Sleep came easily last night and we slept in very well with the shutters down. The sight of a fine sky albeit with some very high overcast raised the spirits as we had breakfast. It wasn’t quite warm enough to have breakfast on the terrace but we are sure that will come soon for us on a regular basis. We had a Skype with our very good friends Ruth and Owen back in Tauranga and it was good to catch up with them and their news. ... read more

Today is the day we would really like some dry weather and preferably with some sunshine. We are visiting Montserrat which is at an altitude of 1450 metres above sea level inland from Barcelona and if there is any rain about then the views are likely to be diminished. The forecast looks reasonable with a few showers around in the morning so we have our fingers crossed. We rejoined the N340 after leaving L’Ampolla. Our night in the mobile home had been a better experience than the time in the cramped one we had in Granada. We headed inland at Salou, just short of Tarragona, having made very good progress on a double laned highway. The double laned highway continued on to Valls where it was time to fill the petrol tank. Here we had another ... read more

We have probably said this before but sometimes the best finds we have made for sightseeing in Spain have been the lesser advertised places and so it turned out for our visit to nearby Sagunto. It was as quiet as we thought it might be in our isolated and unoccupied neighbourhood and we managed to over sleep again. Not that we are planning to go far today. We decided to contact our hosts, who live in the township of Pucol, if we hadn’t heard from them by midday regarding the internet availability as we are already having withdrawal symptoms and we have only being without contact to the outside world for 12 hours! After breakfast we took a stroll down to the beach and a walk along the promenade. All is ready for the summer influx ... read more