Away from the coast for a while and off to Arles, gateway to the Camargue.
September 14th 2016 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
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