Day 13 we had marked as a rest day as rain was forecast. We were cosy in our quiet little hillside shed, except the mosquitos seemed to enjoy it there too.
I toured the 150m hill, sitting on a peninsula, that Sète is built upon.
Great views from the top.
Just as I started to return to our cabin, the heavens opened and it rained for 2 hours. We’d booked a boat trip that was then cancelled,due to mauvais temps, so we postponed it until the morning when the sun was due to return.
Day 14.
The sun was once again shining brightly, as we left our little cabin on the hill.
We were booked onto a boat tour around Sète town and it’s 5 km of canals. There were only 4 of us on this little inflatable which could have taken 12.
The tour was a typical one with a recorded commentary which was hardly audible.
The boat captain, then took us under the car and railway lift bridges into the big pond seen in previous photos from yesterday’s trip up the hill.
He told us to hold onto hats, then opened it up… wow!!
We then waited for our friend Valerio, who’d driven through the night from Italy and was on his way to Spain. I suggested he joined us for a couple of days on our journey.
We didn’t get going until 12:30, so we knew we had a long afternoon ahead of us in order to complete 70 kms to get to our next booked apartment.
It was a warm day, but with a wind that was often against us. the route took us along 12km of beach to get to the Agde peninsular, where we stopped for a late lunch
The apartment we had booked was on a huge complex with 259 units on it.
Unfortunately our address was 260😡
We tried to contact the owner, but after an hour of trying via various other friendly locals, we gave up and headed into the centre to find food and somewhere to stay. This was now 20:30 on a Sunday night in France🥴🤭
We ordered food and beer and Valerio finally found a hotel with space. It was 2 km away and the reception was about to close.
Food was put on hold as Valerio and I pedalled furiously to check in, and return before the restaurant closed!
Finally after a night cap we retired to bed at 23:30🥱
Euro Vélo Route 6 