Hi All,
Thinking of you starting to celebrate the Jubilee- hope you all have a great time. Its Saturday and we are down on the Camargue at a campsite on the beach,  sun is shining with a lovely breeze which is such a relief after the last couple of days.
We've been at Carcassone which I have wanted to visit for many years- it really is a little fairytale castle up on the hill but it transpires that the turrets are not original, added in the 19th c- also its rather a tourist trap but we visited in the evening so it was  peaceful. Am starting to understand why people asked if I was bringing  bicycle- we are walking miles but helps wear off the croissants!

Learned a salutory lesson this morning when we were leaving the campsite- don't let the fuel get too low and ask at the campsite where the nearest one is;, we went round Carcassone for a good half hour  ( even using the satnav) before we could fill up and get on our way - think we only saw 4 petrol stations in the first 15mins of travelling.

So our original plan was to head up into Provence but as were driving we decided to head down this way, only just got into the area and we saw a huge flock of flamingoes and the white horses are everywhere- just like the New Forest really. We have been seeing the most amazing scenery as we've driven down -I never realised that France was so beautiful - the other thing we have noticed as we come further south is the change in the cars- definitely moving up in the world- porsches etc- wonder what we'll see as we move closer to Nice- probably just like the carpark at the McIndoe!

And on the note- bye for now
Jane and gang