Border crossing and heading North

 On Tuesday we left Spain for Argeles sur Mer ( near Perpignan) and skirted around Barcelona in fairly heavy traffic, there were many lorries on the road to the French border, speaking of which we drove through without any checks whatsoever. 

Argeles sur Mer is at the foot of the Pyrenees and you can see the snow on the mountains, it has a lovely sandy beach and lots of campsites in the area.

We arrived at our chosen Camping Le Dauphin near Argeles sur Mer only to find it is not open until Thursday! (someone hadn’t checked opening dates). Out came the ACSI book to try and find another site. In the event this worked out better as we found a nice little site a stones throw away from the seafront with its many bars and restaurants.

The site has the unimaginative name of Camping Europe. Although the facilities are very clean they are shared, not a fan of this set up but it is still often seen in France. No loo roll and no toilet seats either. 

We settled in then went in search of lunch, quite a few places aren’t open until the weekend but we found a nice place on the seafront. Mr C had Moules Marinieres and I had soup de poisson.

The campsite is quite at night apart from an owl and a cockerel competing against each other. 

Wednesday was a cooler day and we mooched around the resort and in the evening went for a meal in one of the seafront restaurants.

We gather that Macron doesn’t have many fans in the area we walked past a disfigured poster of him. Two hours later it had been replaced with a new poster (below) which made us chuckle.

On Thursday we headed to Montauban in the Tarn et Garonne area, staying at Camping La Tisarne which is a small quiet site, mainly used for one or two nights stay. Shared facilities once again, but immaculately clean. We’ve swapped cockerel and owl for a vocal cuckoo!

Saturday takes us further north to the Dordogne where we will be staying close to Sarlat.