The drive down was uninspiring as it was on motorways surrounded by the typical rocky terrain in this part of the country. The beach itself was also uninspiring, not a patch on Takapuna or even Waiake - perhaps it warranted a D.
Though it was ordinary the locals didn’t think so as they had come to sunbath in big numbers - note the emphasis on sunbath because not many were swimming, paddling yes, swimming no.
It soon became clear why they only paddled and that was because the water was very cold, in fact very f’ing cold and I swear if I had my glasses on I would have been able to see the ice cubes in it. Nevertheless we were brave and went in swimming for about 15 minutes before the chill encouraged us to get out - with the air temperature being 28 degrees it did not take long to dry off!After lunch at a beach kiosk we then set the GPS for Martigues village which was around 10 kms away. If one looks on Google earth you get the idea of how the waterways flow through the town and while it has the reference to Venice in its nickname it isn’t the real thing, nice and all as it is.
Following a leisurely drive back to Aix we relaxed in the apartment for a while before venturing out for a meal.
Kms driven today: 103
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