Travelling vine
We booked the channel ferry Dover/Calais with no idea of where we would spend our 3 weeks in France. The early June ferry crossing was quite choppy with delays due to 'adverse weather'. In Calais the weather was no better, after one night in Eperlecques we headed south looking for better weather. A couple of night halts, crossed the Millau Bridge, over the Midi Pyrenees and into sunshine and warm weather. Ended up in Agde on the Med, was able to cycle to local villages and the beach, bought a fishing rod in the village and did a bit of fishing, not much luck but had great time. There is a lovely market in old Agde and we bought a grape vine; quite small at the time and had to secure it on the bike to get it back to the van. We stayed in Agde for 6 nights in which time the vine grew and grew, Whilst visiting Les Baux de Provence we picked some bamboo canes to support it. When travelling, we secured it in a plastic tub supported by bottles of wine (appropriate!!) and by now it would not fit under the wall supported table in the van so we had to slide this to one side. It continued to flourish, travelling in the caravan and sitting outside when we pitched. By the time we were in Calais for the ferry home it was half way up the caravan window. Home safely, we planted it in a sheltered position, but it rained continuously for 3 days, we felt so sorry for it coming from a Mediterranean climate but now the sun is shining and we have little flower buds appearing. We have great hopes for our well travelled vine, just hope the British bees like it too.
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THIS IS ME BUT WRONG LOG IN?
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I Stayed at Agde this summer for 11 nights and loved it, stayed at Camping Neptune which is a fantastic family site with the river just outside the gates and a short walk or bike ride down to the beach or the village.
Noticed that some of the French families on the site had tomato plants outside the caravans
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