Pigging good things to do...

Day Out One is the dinosaur parc at Meze (www.musee-parc-dinosaures.com) which is only a short drive down the A9 motorway from Montpellier, and enjoyable in a "hey kids, you are learning important stuff but don't realise it" kind of way. They have funny opening hours in May and June (2-6pm) and a cheeky way of making you walk through the gift shop to get to the toilets or the "search in the sand for fossils" area, but it's all good clean fun. We took sandwiches and ate them on the beach at Bouzigues beforehand, which filled in the time until 2pm. The beachfront at Bouzigues is a bit scrubby but there was no-one there, and we clambered over some rocks and saw oysters in the water, which was Very Educational.

Day Out Two is the Lac de Ceceles, and the Guinguette des Amoureux (which is where I went to my very first BCA event a couple of years ago). They've added a fancy new dining terrace that looks out on the lake, and the tables are the "so low you have to sit on cushions on the floor" kind, which kids find very amusing (it kills your back after a while, but hey, it's only one meal out of... however many there are in a lifetime). The food was delicious, the owners were child-friendly, they had "menus bambino" (their choice of words, not mine - poulet frites or knacki frites, but there's nothing to stop you ordering something more healthy if your offspring will eat it), and we all had a good walk round the lake afterwards. Swimming is easier if you walk all the way round to the far side of the lake, where you can just walk into the water, rather than clambering over the rocks near the guinguette. Check their website (www.laguinguettedesamoureux.com for details of opening hours, and how to get there (it's near St. Matthieu de Treviers). I think they charge an entry fee (not that much) at weekends in summer, but frankly it was so nice, I'd be happy to pay. Could be a venue for a PIG meeting, perhaps?

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