Had a really lovely day today. Kisbee was raring to go up the through the rocky hills above the coast and through the Cap de Creus national park. The road was windy, the views pretty spectacular though there are not too many places to stop to admire them as there are quite a lot of almost hairpin bends and most are on a steep incline. This is wild countryside, very rocky and mainly uncultivated though nearer to Cadaques we found vineyards and olive groves which had been carved and terraced out of the rocky terrain. Kisbee did us proud and didn’t issue a word of complaint all 11 miles it took to get us up to the top of the peninsula and then dropping down to the coast at the sensational white seaside town of Cadaques. ... read more

Decided on a Kisbee trip today, south round the bay. Much better day than yesterday. Love it when I can get up and dress straight away in shorts and suntop with confidence that the sun is out. Kisbee came out of the garage, raring to go as he’s travelled these roads before so no map needed. We went south as we’re moving to the north side of the bay on Monday. First stop St Marti d’empuries. Very popular spot with a lovely beach and a pretty old village behind the sea. We stopped for coffee, as we did last time we were here, but as we sat relaxing in the sunshine we got more and more plagued by pesky flies so we gave up and returned to Kisbee. Next stop L’Escala. We’ve been here at least ... read more

Rain was forecast for early morning so Bob packed the awning away before we went to bed but the rain had not appeared when we left though the sky was pretty dark. Spent a restless night plagued by the mossie bites we’ve collected. Small mossies but with a deadly bite. Managed to get some water into Tandy before we left. Not easy, only tap apart from sanitaire sinks is right at the campsite entrance and even then badly positioned for actual use. Though the campsite is brilliantly located for visiting Arles and has a lovely pool it is sadly lacking in all facilities connected with water. Really more important to build that second sanitaire block than the water slide methinks. The odd drinking water tap somewhere near to the pitches could come in handy to. Off ... read more

We’ve been to the Camargue before but never to Arles so an obvious place to visit on this trip. According to the forecast, subsequently proved correct, this is the last day of this fantastic hot dry weather. Been very little rain here in Southern France since May. Didn’t want to waste the sunshine so took the tolled motorways all the way from Cannes to Arles so we got there quicker. It’s a lovely run, especially along the Provencal which follows the coastline but well away from it. We recognized Le Rocher de Roquebrun as we’ve stopped at Roquebrun sur Argens a couple of times. Changed motorways to L’autoroute du Soleil for a while then turned West towards Arles. Weather sure enough was glorious so once at the campsite we had a swim in the lovely big ... read more

Kisbee came out of the garage today and was very excited as we were going to “see the sea”. Kisbee had a problem starting again today as there is something amiss with the mixture, which a recent return to the garage should have sorted but obviously hasn’t. Fortunately Kisbee was as keen as we were to be off so after some gentle persuasion we were on our way. Out of the campsite, up the hill, down to the sea and then right turn for Theoule-sur-mer a couple of miles up and along and down this stunningly scenic coastal road. Lovely spot. Visited Theoule several years ago without swimming stuff and have wanted to swim here since. I can tell you that it was every bit as good as I expected. So good that I went in ... read more