Bokkie is hiding from the wind in a sheltered spot within walking distance of the Med. It was a rough day's travel.
We know our iPad struggles coping with the amount of data it needs to process around cities (we use the iPad and Maps.me as our sat-nav) so we have been using the phone as back-up which works quite well to confirm when we are on the correct route, but today I missed a critical on-ramp in rush hour traffic and our system had a few flaws exposed. I ended up doing a few very dodgy u-turns and accidentally blazed through a stop sign without noticing it, much to my navigator's horror. Luckily we didn't hit anything or get pulled over and hopefully there is no camera evidence...
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| Some of the areas we travelled through today were quite bleak It's common for the trucks to overtake Bokkie as we plod on quite slowly |
It was quite a difficult route today as we move into more populous areas and was made even more so by a terrible wind. We passed through the Carmargue natural park: the area is essentially a large flat delta and the wind channeled through it with tremendous force. When we travelled into the wind we were unable to maintain speed in Bokkie in 5th gear and would have to gear down on the flats. When catching the crosswind we had to have our wits about us to avoid being blown off the road; it was quite hairy. The cover we have strapped over our bikes started threatening to detach at one stage and we had to stop and add more straps.
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| Floating Bokkies |
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| Marseille in the distance |
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| The rough travel was worth it for this view at the end of today |
We were rather relieved to reach our destination and a walk along the med. The aire is sheltered from the wind, which is perfect, and it's a short walk into the village. A drink may be in order.
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