It looked like today's walk was going to be flat and fairly uninteresting. As it was also quite short, we decided to spend a couple of hours wandering the streets of Arles before setting off.
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| A touch of culture in Arles - the Australian Walla Beer Café |
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| Self-portrait with pink car - Australian photographer in action |
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| Arles street scene |
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| Another street scene in Arles |
We had come to the end of the GR653D yesterday (it goes from Montgenèvre on the Italian border to Arles). Today we left Arles on the GR653, which takes the walker on the next stage towards Santiago de Compostela. In our case, it took us about 14 kilometres before we turned to go towards the Camargue.
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| Heading west on the GR653D from Arles |
As we had foreseen, the walk was flat, straight and fairly uninteresting. The landscape consisted of rice fields, with the odd sunflower field.
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| Odd sunflower field |
The GR653 was the last GR (Chemin de Grande Randonnée, or long-distance walking path) of our trip. The last 5 kilometres today were on a main road, with a wide verge for the comfort of walkers and cyclists.
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| Wide verge on the D37 for long-distance Australian walkers |
One landmark of note on the way in to Albaron was a memorial to the internment camp of Saliers, where 700 gypsies were interned by the Vichy government during WWII.
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| Memorial to the internment camp of Saliers |
Day: 68
Distance: 19.63 km
Walking time: 3hrs 50mins
Elevation gain: 187 metres
Cumulative distance: 1681.56 km
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