Friday 14 September 2012

The Road to Narbonne

Decided against trying for too early a start on Wednesday, so got up after six and went for a swim lit by the rising sun. The colours of the sea and the sounds of the water were truly beautiful. It was very calm with no sign of the forecast winds.
Said our goodbyes and left the site at 9,40.
The bike track to Toulon was uneventful but once it ended in the city centre it became interesting. Very busy lots of traffic and no certain route through. By now the wind was picking up and blowing straight at us.
It took a good part of an hour to get through it and on the road to Sanary.
We stopped for lunch at Six Fours and watched the windsurfers battling the wind.
Rode into Sanary and got directions from the tourist information about the site and supermarkets.
Arrived at the site only to be turned away as they were full. Two myths went down then. No full sites in September and they will always find room if you're on bikes.
They directed us to their sister site a few kms away which was fine just a bit close to the autoroute.
It was quite late by then so we cooked the food we picked up in Sanary and called it a day.
72kms and a hard reintroduction to touring.
Thursday we made use of facilities and used the very nice pool, ate a Tagine in the restaurant and then headed into town.
Got back and asked if reception could ring ahead to Cassis to see if there was space there. The response was "complet every day" . If you get here before 10 there may be space but maybe not.
Went back to the maps but there are no obvious alternatives, there are surprisingly few campsites around this bit of coastline.
It's now getting very dark at 8 so as my eyes are very sore and tired (a day without lenses tomorrow) we decided to make an early start and to make it up as we go.

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