Not a terribly exciting day today. The drive to Argeles-sur-Mer, near Perpignan and on the coast only a few miles from the Spanish border was not particularly scenic. We were trying to avoid driving through the middle of busy Montpelier, Beziers and Narbonne while staying off the motorways. The road we took directly west from the Camargue goes through very busy industrial areas, a few miles back from the coast and without sight of the interesting towns of Aigue Mortes, Cap d’Agde, Sete etc. which we have visited before, so were bypassing this trip. Once past Beziers we turned south and through the ‘Etang’ area which is full of custom made seaside resorts, Leucate, Carnet-Plage, St Cyprien, modern, neat and tidy but not scenic and very much not to our taste. We have driven this way
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