Toulouse To Antibes...

...was as easy as setting the TomTom to take me to an address in Antibes. I'd been put in touch with a friend of a friend who has been living and working there for 4 years. Kate had offered to put me up temporarily until I could sort myself out.

The journey was about 340 miles, and Google claimed this would take about 5 hours. I reckoned closer to 4, but by the time I'd had a break at the services and got stuck in the Antibes rush hour, it was almost spot on, despite never dropping below 90mph all the way. Given that the speed limit here is 80mph, you really have to go some to reduce the journey time predicted according to legal parameters. Even so, as always the French motorways were great ie empty.


At the services I also spotted a motorcyclist with English plates, so I strolled over to say hello. Turns out he'd taken a ferry to Holland, and was now crossing (more like touring) France to get to Italy. As motorcycles do have a 'sidedness' - obviously not the steering, but definitely with the dipped beam headlight direction - I am counting it as a sort of RHD vehicle.


Antibes looked great as I drove in - lots of palm trees and a harbour and a beach. Definitely looked a cracking place to be, certainly in summer anyhow. Bonus: almost as soon as I'd landed, Kate took me out for some food and beer, even though she had work the next day.


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