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14th May 2012 Hiking - Walking: Peyriac-de-Mer Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: Thursday 11th May 2012 - Relaxing, a little travelling and walking **** sunny and hot :) We had a really easy day, lie in and read then got up and did our exercises. The lake was like glass and so tempting Mag put my wetsuit on and went for a swim to the end of the camper vans and back. Rigged the shower in a bag into the tree near the van for her to have a shower with water collected from the lake with a bit from the kettle – perfect :) We had breakfast sitting in the sun – it is glorious today, no clouds just sun and 23 degrees by 10 a.m... It got to about 26 eventually. We read our books for a bit and I put the boards on the roof. Made the most of the internet and downloaded 3 more books from the library. Had lunch and a walk to the reeds then about 4 when we were just beginning to pack up a pompiers plane came to collect water from the lake – exactly the same as we saw at Serre Poncon a few weeks ago. We heard the siren go when we were on our walk but didn’t know what it was for and obviously it was for boats etc., to clear the lake before the plane came. There were a few fishermen and a dinghy still out when it arrived though. It wasn’t quite the same as before in that it landed on the lake! Then it went round in a circle on the surface before taking off again. Then it came and did the same a few more times and we assumed it was somebody learning to do it and practicing. Amazing to watch again though :) We left Salagou at 4.50 and drove to Gruissan taking about a couple of hours which wasn’t bad considering we avoided the toll roads and took the coast road for the last bit. Saw 8 hookers loitering on the road between Beziers and Narbonne – about the same as last time!!!! We went to look at the preparations for the Gruissan Defi windsurfing event which is on next week then drove to our favourite overnight spot in the hills above the salt flat area overlooking the etangs and had tea. Went for a walk afterwards over the hill and through the vineyards to another part of the etang. It was very pretty, especially with the sunset :) Monday 14th May 2012 - walking and relaxing **** We spent the whole day at Peyraic de Mer. The etang was like glass this morning with absolutely no wind at all but a breeze did pick up a bit later – nw to start. Beautiful sunny day. After breakfast Mag packed a picnic while I tied the gear on the roof – de-sanded and dried out. We walked towards the vineyard and round the track along the edge of the etang. We haven’t been that way before and it was very beautiful. You can even see the highest peak in the Pyrenees covered in snow! We haven’t seen that before either. The Chateau is set in the middle of the vineyard, surrounded by vines and with views over the etang towards Gruissan and Bages. It is just a stone farmhouse, no turrets but in such a perfect place. We found a nice place to sit on a spit of land out into the etang and spent a couple of hours reading and eating our lunch there. We had to move to a different facing bit of the spit at one point because the wind completely changed direction to se and got up a bit. Walked back and had a rest after coffee, croissants and jam then went for another walk over the hill and round to the port, through the town and along the duck boarding. We went to see if they have a tap at the aire on the outskirts of town and learned what we have suspected on all of our many visits here – camping cars are not allowed to park anywhere else in the Peyraic territory – whoops, we have been here for about 2 weeks in total over our previous holiday! The aire is 5 euros a night and we were surprised to see about 12 campers in tonight. Made us feel a bit uncomfortable knowing we’re not supposed to be here but we stayed tonight anyway – nobody has even looked at us before. Watched lots of little terns diving into the etang for fish and two storks flying past very slowly trying to make headway against the wind which has picked up ready for tomorrow! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3406950485187.2141982.1012660562&t ype=3&l=bcd167dd5c http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3318687598670.2140694.1012660562&t ype=1&l=112c704a5a http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3245995981425.2139602.1012660562&t ype=3&l=1bf5305e7c http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.3129837677540.2137243.101266056 2&type=1 |
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