It’s been a perfect day today; quiet and relaxing AND I got given a free glass of wine! I had a lie in and a late (large) breakfast before setting out to do some local sightseeing on the bike. I first went to Sète, a port and resort just along the coast from Cap D’Agde and then went to Béziers, one of the oldest cities in France. I liked one and disliked the other . . .
It was pouring with rain as I left Valence headed for Montpellier, but at least I was warm! For the first hour and a half I was riding in the poring rain and for about fifty miles I kept company with a French Triumph Speed Triple. Slowly the rain stopped and the skies started to brighten. Looking into the distance they looked even brighter. Leaving the Speed Triple rider to his own devices I pulled off at a service station and had a look at the map to see if there was anywhere aa bit further on, hopefully in the sun, that I could aim for.