Who said.. 'You see what you want to see'?

We must have driven past a particular hill set back from the road on our way from Les Salins to La Londe 20, 30 maybe even more times at this stage. All we have ever noticed is the little winding track that we have always wanted to climb. Today since Ireland is already shut for Christmas I took the day off. It helped that the sun was shining too. We had a few jobs to do in Hyeres afterwards like working out how to cancel our internet account - here's the red tape answer - so it was ideal to get out in the light and conquer this hill for once and for all.

Imagine our surprise as we got close and noticed not one but two, three, four world war 2 fortifications staring at us! We had basically stumbled upon a largely intact fort which looks over the whole of the Bay of Hyeres and its only 10 minutes from the port!

After checking that we were ok to go up to it with a local farmer, we parked the car where he indicated and set off. It's incredible that you can still walk around it and its massive.

Afterwards we tried to reach the winding path but got held back by some dense scrub on the mountainside, We may try again tomorrow as having looked at google maps now I can see a clearer route.

We followed the back road into Hyeres Centre Ville so that we could visit Orange and since the weather was so bright decided on having lunch there - it's an easy life.

We found a great little restaurant serving Brochettes de Bouef as part of a Formule du Jour for €12 and sat in the sun eating and watching the world go by. Very relaxing indeed for our last Friday en France!




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