Tag Archives: Sète
The month that was April 2026 🇬🇧
April packed a month’s worth of living into thirty days — two seas, one family Easter, a face-off with the French tax office, and the season’s first dip in the pool. From the tall ships of Sète to the tidal … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly reflections
Tagged Escale à Sète, French Escapade, Golfe de Morbihan, Sète, Tax returns
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Canal du Midi 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Before the TGV, before the motorway, before even the steam engine, one obsessed Frenchman carved a 241-kilometre waterway through the south of France using nothing but a battered compass, 15,000 workers, and his entire family fortune. The Canal du Midi … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged * Canal du Midi, 17th century engineering, Boat trips, Canal travel, Carcassonne, Countryside, Cycling routes, French heritage, Nature, Occitanie, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Relaxation, Scenic routes, Sète, Slow travel, South of France, Toulouse, Travel photography, UNESCO World Heritage, Vineyards, Walking trails
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