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9th May 2012 Hiking - Walking: Beziers Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: Distance Covered: Tuesday 8th May2012 (Bank holiday in France) travel with sightseeing Oh dear, Mag had a bad night :( Slept well until 4 got up for loo and just got back into bed and a car scorched past and hooted really loudly! She was really worried and her heart was pumping because she thought the car had stopped! It hadn’t but she then couldn’t go off again and just laid there with her eyes shut! Another car at 5.30 just to set me her off again – I sleep fine!!!We looked out at 6 and it was a glorious sun rise so there was some reward! Iwent out with his camera and went down to the edge of the Etang and Mag got up and packed the bed away and washed so if anyone did come we were just taking photos. We didn’t see another car – typical. Lots of mozzies so I didn’t even get out of van. We drove even further along the road we shouldn’t be on and are glad we did because the highlight of the day was seeing more bee eaters and in lots of details this time. They are gorgeous, so colourful. No sun today so we couldn’t see through their wings but beautiful all the same :) They are now officially our favourite bird! Drove to a bird watching reserve but it was shut as it’s a bank holiday. Drove into Aigue Mort and visited the shop. Had a walk round walled town then carried on along the coast. All modern and nasty :( Stopped for lunch at Palavas Les Flots then drove into Sete which was actually very nice for a big town. Lots of boats in a port on the sea side and also on the Canal. We visited the Sete McDonalds and did a bit of internet and had a coffee. Decided to go and have a look at the Ecluses de Fonserannes on the Canal du Midi in Beziers. It has nine locks in a row to take boats up nearly 14 metres! We saw the signposts to it last time we were here and Canals are always good for overnight stops :) We found the turning eventually (harder coming from the opposite way!) and parked right on the edge of the canal. Walked up and watched the boats going through all those locks (it looks very daunting for the holidaymakers on the boats and as it’s the bank holiday they had a big audience too!). We had a good look round then went back to the van for a cuppa followed by tea. We are staying here tonight even though the other 3 campers here have gone! Wednesday 9th May 2012 – walking **** sunny periods We had a good night’s sleep by the canel and when Mag woke up she left meto have a lie in and went out with the binoculars to look over at the next door sports field where I thought I saw a hoopoe last night and there were two!! Really special sight and they gave me a good display – they have a really big crest on their heads and black and white wings – they look more like they should be in a cage or zoo as they are very exotic :) walked along the canal and saw lots of birds we had seen before but are not very common at home. Had breakfast watching the boats in the lock and the ducks in the canal. We were going to walk to the aqueduct taking the canal over the river l’Orb and were surprised as it seemed to be just round the corner – it was apparently 3km but didn’t feel like that. We had a good look at that and the lock in Bezier canal port then walked along the l’Orb into Bezier old town. The first streets were very old and looked like tenements but as you wound your way up it got classier and finished with the cathedral on the top. We sat in the cathedral/monastery garden and looked at the views over the town and to the canal. There were some really scented plants in the garden and it was lovely to start with but then made me feel a bit sick!! Walked back through the more modern part of town and were lucky to find a really nice ‘park of poets’ which had a duck pond with lots of unusual ducks on it and some koi carp. Amazingly found the river again and retraced our steps but on the opposite side of the canal, back to the van for lunch. Afterwards we packed up and drove up to Lac Salagou. This is our fifth visit here and is a brilliant place to stop to sort everything out so planning to have a good sort tomorrow. We sat and read and had our tea outside watching the sunset (which was a bit watery). There are a lot of bugs but not that many mozzies. |
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