We drove in to Arles and saw lots of vans towing caravans, no doubt the French Travellers, and finally arrived in the town to be confronted with closed roads and major congestion and the most ridiculous parking, our car is not so small so after trawling around for about twenty minutes we gave up and decided to head for the coast from where we would join the boat.Parking initially was an issue but then we found a car park with a load of spaces thank heavens. Opposite where we would join the cruise was a pretty busy restaurant and we got the last but one table outside overlooking the harbour. We had a jolly good lunch there, Jennifer had the Chicken special which she said was delicious and Noel had the Burger which was guaranteed no garlic and they would take the onions off and with a glass of beer it was a nice way to pass ninety odd minutes waiting for the boat to leave.
We boarded about 14.10 and dead on 14.30 we went out to sea for a few minutes and then headed up river, to be frank there was not to much to see. There was a staged running of bulls and horses and then we say lots of cormorants, gulls,egrets and herons. Later on the way back the boat stopped to allow people to take photos of COWS?? for heavens sake, we cant say it was a great cruise but it was not unpleasant and passed the time of day in the sun.
Then back to the site and a snack meal and we partly prepared for tomorrows departure with a little bit of cleaning and some pre-packing. We were both a little tired and so in bed by about 9.45 pm ,wow that's early you might say, but tonight it was great.
