A few of the upcoming days, including this one, are driving days with a few interesting places along the way, Today I kicked off in Millau with a look from below at the Millau viaduct before giving my toll tag a run while crossing it with a howling crosswind requiring a truck driver to have Louis Hamilton class reaction. It was also a little drizzly which was forecast. There is a viewpoint of the A75 which is where the headline picture was taken. The picture below gives a sense of scale with the trucks crossing about the highest span. The image from below was probably not from the best position but captures the elegance of the structure. It was then off south with a quick stop for electricity at Le Bosc where I left the A75 for lovely D roads which wended their way through places recognisable from the supermarket wine shelves, Herault, Oc, Languedoc and Corbiers to name a few. This is wine making on an industrial scale. These roads took me down to the port of Sete which loosely translated meet horrendous traffic and very narrow streets. There is a “belvedere” on Mont Saint Clair which allows views to the east along the Mediterranean. Plenty of sunshine but a howling gale made sure that a sweater was required. It was great to see the Med again, still blue, even for a little time as I followed the coast past Bezier to Narbonne, grabbing a sandwich along the way and stopping at a couple of beaches. This is not Nice but the wide beaches and attractions would be a pretty good place to spend a summer holiday with young children. I wondered if Jack and Rosie have French equivalents in castle building skills. I stopped at a nature reserve which did not appear to allow public access but there were a couple of stilts by the road in. There were a couple of brave souls trying out land yachting which avoids the risk of meeting this fellow at 3 Digues. The area at Gruisson is big for its salt production and I stopped by one of the red ponds. From there it was up to Narbonne along a section of the canal de la Robine to charge up for the run to Carcassonne and a long driving day tomorrow up into the Pyrenees, weather permitting as light snow if forecast. The hotel in Carcassonne has a viewing window towards the bastide. Nice touch and we are done.