Plymouth Hoe from the deck of the Pont Aven heading across Plymouth Sound
Drakes Island with Mount Edgecombe behind
A Navy Ship
Passing the breakwater
Mum on deck
Ships waiting to enter Santander
A small Island and a headland at Santander
Entering the bay
The view to the east
In the Car Deck on the Pont Aven prior to disembarkation
Al admiring a neighbouring car
It was a spectacular drive from Santander along the coast to Hendaye in France with the mountains coming right down to the coast. We stopped for lunch in a small seaside village called Islares
Eve and I waiting for lunch
Lunch was an enormous paella
The Bidassoa River which marks the borders between Spain and France. Hendaye is on the right and the Spanish Town of Irun is on the left
The next day we drove from Hendaye to Carcassone. On the way we stopped at this small Services area, the aire de Pyrannees which had this memorial to the Tour de France erected in 1996 and also a sculpture representing the Pyrranees Mountains
The gates to the Medieval City of Carcassonne. This was also the the town in the centre of the area of France where the Cathar religion flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries
Looking alng the town walls
Looking up a City Street
The entrance to the castle
The Cathedral
One of the famous gargoyles
A busker in the square outside the cathedral
Two views of the Canal du Midi at Carcossonne. This canal featured in the book Narrow Dog to Carcassonne by Terry Darlington
The Millau Viaduct spanning the valley of the River Tam and the town of Millau. currently the worlds tallest bridge
AQ gorge leading away from Millau
The viaduct and the older bridge crossing the River Tam
The older bridge at Millau
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