Catherine's Page

It’s been a wonderful summer, mainly because we spent some of it in the South of France, Antibes to be precise. (Can you see me sunbathing on my yacht? Oh no, just my imagination!!) We had to endure wall to wall sunshine every single day. Such a drag!! :) All in all we drove 2,500 miles mainly due to the fact that we took a rather large detour to visit some of my family who live in the South West of France. The driving did become very tedious in the end but it was worth it just for the sun drenched beaches, outstanding scenery and scrumptious French cuisine. The only downside was the atrocious driving. Such impatient, aggressive drivers and that’s just those who get about on mopeds! In fact a couple of silly moped users ended up underneath the back of our car!! A bus had decided to simply pull out in front of us without so much as a glance to see if the way was clear. My husband had fortunately anticipated that this might happen so came to a halt. About 3 seconds later, we heard this awful crunch from behind us and to my husband’s horror, he saw in the rear view mirror two people go under the car!! Nobody stopped to see if everything was okay!! It was as single lane road and all the traffic simply drove around us. We had to force our way over to the side!! Not very British. The entire road would have been closed for at least 4 hours whilst statements were made, measurements taken, heads scratched, etc, etc. Hmmm, I think I prefer the French way. Anyway, there was a lot of “meard” this and “meard” that from the lady who was driving the scooter. She and her companion had a few minor cuts and bruises and the scooter was a bit mangled, but still worked. Finally she had a ciggy and calmed down. What can I say except they’re utterly nutterly on the roads and you definitely need your wits about you. However, I want to go back, but minus the car!! I won't bore you with heaps of holiday photos, but hope you like these two of Antibes old town and the one of my yacht ;) I can dream can't I!?!