janesadventures

  Sunday Up fairly early and I walk along the beach while Geoff is recording the Little Terns. Back to the van for breakfast then we leave the Mediterranean coast for Ribaute. It is a small village about 40 km inland, with a lovely river for swimming and when we were last there you could camp by the river if you went to the local Mayors house and asked permission. Well, not surprisingly it has changed somewhat – the river is still as lovely but there’s lots and lots and lots of people. It is a Sunday and it is hot but we are quite surprised how many people there are. It’s probably featured in the guide to ‘The top 10 wild river swimming spots in France’ or something similar. Nevertheless, the swim was lovely. As we leave the river, I try to recreate a photo taken in 1985 of Geoff sitting on the bridge. After a bit off faffing and strange looks from the local youth, I take a couple of photos but when we compare them to the one we are trying to recreate, we realise it is the wrong br