Six-Fours-les-Plages Week 2

Hello again, well the story so far - we have a Chausson Motorhome, built in France, we are in France and guess what - we cannot get the part we need! Thanks to Harry's ingenuity and a fellow camper's assistance we have been able to close the roof light so at least the van is watertight and secure and we will get it sorted when we get back to the good old UK!

So our prolonged stay at Six Fours has been fruitless as far as the van goes but it has given us the opportunity to explore some of the region.

Last week we experienced some very strong winds and the temperature dropped dramatically. The surfers and wind surfers came out in their droves and it was great sitting on the promenade watching all the aerobatics, a bit scary too at times. We also enjoyed some very pleasant coastal walks made all the more interesting by all the action at sea.  

One day we took our bikes a little further afield down to the coast to a small island which was also a Nature Reserve. We had a picnic lunch and explored the rocky coves. Harry took this picture of what looks like some creature embedded into the rock.  

Another day we took the bus and boat to Toulon and spent a lovely day exploring the town. We had lunch out, French cuisine at it's best, then needed to sit awhile to recover. Where nicer than this square where the fountains are overlooked by The Grand Hotel. 

  

The small town of Sanary is not far away and easily reached by bike. It has a good produce market on Tuesdays and Saturdays and we love going round the stalls sampling what is on offer. Today I was munching on cloves of garlic and black olive tapenade while Harry was pulling faces at me!   Saturday also has an antique market with lots of stalls along the promenade. We saw a few nice pieces but they were either too big, too fragile or too costly for us to consider buying them.

Sanary has it's own marina - quite commonplace in these parts - so we wandered around looking at the boats, side stepping the artists on the pavements admiring their work.

We are now into October and the temperature has risen again - today we have 22C so it's sun hat and sun cream time again. Heard on the news that you are not so fortunate at home.

We are moving again on Monday, not too sure where yet so it will be a surprise for all of us when we write the blog next week.

So until then, au revoir and lots of love from Kath and a much rejuvinated Harry xxx