Not quite the first people there at the Caves, but nearly! We had been warned that the tour was in French, but they kindly gave us an English translation to follow as we went round in the group.
It was really interesting as it explained how the caves were formed in the first place, and how the natural vents (fleurines) were created that allows the airflow to be maintained whilst the cheese matures.
We were allowed to go into the working caves which were great as we were concerned it would just be a simulated model. Then the best bit – tasting!! Roquefort did very well out of us that day as we bought a selection of three different cheeses, but it was a real bun fight to get served as nobody bothered to queue...
This took up our morning, so we then set off towards a place called Narbonne-Plage very close to Perpignan about lunchtime. It took us longer than we thought and towards the end of our journey the directions we had were about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Dean had been driving for about four hours by now and it seemed as if we were going round in circles, in an area that was less than inviting but luckily we saw a sign for an Aire and just went for it! We didn’t care what it was like, we just wanted to park up, relax and cool down...
It was a real bonus as we ended up in a village called Gruissan, just below where we were headed. The Aire was equipped for 100 motorhomes and you could just park up where you liked and everything was easy, and it was right by the harbour so you could look at the boats that were moored up.
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