Yesterday, while friends Finola and Suzanne were staying we set off to tour the saltworks in Aigues Morts , we soon found out that- to Síle’s delight, the whole trip would take place in a Petit Train

As we travelled out into the salt flats we got a terrific view of the walled town, surely one of the best preserved in France.

The salt gives the water a distinctive pink tone.

The salt hills were impressive, like alps should be.

And the high salinity means there are plenty of brine-shrimp and their predator the flamingo