Etang de Thau – goodshipcalliope

Juillet sur le Midi and la mer

I planned not to do a blog for a while, but the temptation to share some of the things we have seen and done proves too great. To be precise, 25 days were spent on the Midi, 1 on the Hérault, and 5 on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, which connects to the Mediterannean allContinue reading “Juillet sur le Midi and la mer”

Between the sky and the sea – the Canal de Rhone a Sete + Etang de Thau

Calliope joined the canal from le Petit Rhone at St-Gilles lock – a lock already mentioned in the last chapter, with the minuscule drop of 15cms – with ropes fore and aft and lifejackets as required . . . . Now we were truly away from the delights of rivers and back onContinue reading “Between the sky and the sea – the Canal de Rhone a Sete + Etang de Thau”