A Fishermans Work - Sete Harbour - The Languedoc

Stayed in the Languedoc last year and drifted one fine day into a large coastal fishing town called Sete. Wow. What a place. Beats the bongos out of all the glitzy, showy, pretentious Cote d'Azur resorts. And a good deal better value on the Euros too. Just about everything centres along the 'south to north' waterway that dissects the town completely from the open sea at the bottom, to the inland waterways at the top. Its just as busy as say Cannes,but theres plenty of underground car parks to sustain the traffic.

After filling our tummies with seriously fresh seafood in one of the myriad of waterside eating shops, where the service seemed to be universally cheerful and sincere, I strolled across the road to look for some photo opportunities amongst all the fishing trawlers that were lining the harbourside.

This particular modern trawler with a remarkable huge copper stern transom - nudged in right next to me and began cleaning down and performing equipment repairs as per the image. The fishermen were not the least bit perturbed by me nosing around with my camera. If you're not already familiar with the Languedoc coast (as we weren't) and you plan on having a holiday down there sometime, I recommend a visit to the area and the endless miles of virtually empty golden sandy beaches that flank Sete from Montpelier all the way down to Spain. Stunning.