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35 deg in Les Sablettes this day. Still lots of people out and about, sunbaking, playing Boules (which is very popular), riding bikes and excercising. It's gradually getting hotter by the day. Exercise class - in the shade but still very hot Playing boules in a scant amount of shade on...

There had been a storm which took all the sand away, so they were in the arduous process of trucking sand in and then spreading it out. This went on from 9pm to 6am each night. Each morning we could see the sand (presumably what had been spread out the just hours earlier) washing around in the...

Views from our room

Les Sublettes Our accommodation was at the Curio Collection by Hilton, right on the beach. Great location and it was lovely. Our room wasn't terribly large, but for me, one of the biggest pluses was "NO SHUB". The bed was like heaven on a stick and the pillow likewise. This was a block...

Les Sublettes Just getting our luggage out of our car when we were approached by a french lady who was quite excited about something. It was established that she had a flat tyre and needed JV's help. So, as any gentleman would do, he changed the tyre for her. No problem. When the job was done...

We had wandered and viewed as much as we could given the heat of the day - 31 deg that day. Little did we realise that this was just the beginning of the hot weather to come. We had an overnight stop in Marseilles, on our way to Les Sublettes. We checked-in to the Marriott behind approx 6...

More of Nimes

The Amphitheatre of Nîmes is a perfect illustration of the degree of perfection attained by Roman engineers in designing and constructing this type of extremely complex building. It demonstrates perfect symmetry: oval-shaped, it measures 133 metres long and 101 metres wide, with an arena of 68...

On checking-in to our hotel, the receptionist informed us that Elton John was appearing the following night with his "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" concert at the famous Nimes Amphitheatre - a 5 minute walk across the park from our hotel. Unfortunately all the tickets has been sold months earlier...

Next overnight stop Nimes The heat started to build when we were at Nimes. Lots of restaurants have pipes all the way around the canopies and little nozzles that emit a fine mist. It certainly was hot there that day - 31C. It later became obvious that this was just the start of the warmer...

The canals in Aigues-Mortes Lavender farm outside of Aigues-Mortes

Inside the walled city. A very tidy, well maintained city that is very pleasant to spend time in.

Wikipedia: Aigues-Mortes is located in the Petite Camargue some 90 km (56 miles) northwest of Marseille. By road, Aigues-Mortes is about 33 km (21 miles) southwest of Nîmes, and 20 km (12 miles) east of Montpellier in a direct line. ... The foundation of the city is said to have been...

After 2 nights in Sète we're back on the road again, gradually making our way to Nice. Interesting translation. :(

Time to return to our BnB before we get locked out. :eek: The door is locked at 2am.

There were bands playing all around the town, some fabulous and some average, as one would expect. However the public participation was great.

We stopped to listen to the band/s playing at the restaurant for awhile, then heard drums being played elsewhere so we went to investigate. These guys were great and the public loved it.

The weather was a little miserable and although I had a poncho to keep me dry, it soon became a sauna underneath. The options were: get wet or get steamy. :( We opted for somewhere to have a drink to stay dry and wait till the restaurants opened for dinner, which is 7pm. Fortunately for us...

Then we drove down the hill to the port and town. Clearly fishing is a big business here.

After making ourselves at home, we headed up the hill to take in the views of Sète and over to Spain and Marseilles, however that wasn't possible that day as visibility was limited.