South of Marseille on France’s Mediterranean coastline lie a series of bays and inlets know as Les Calanques. We took a bus from Marseilles to a small university town called Luminy and from here we found the walking trails that led to the coast. The tracks started off easy but as we progressed further down the coast we found ourselves on some rough terrain, steep hills and having to climb over trees. The view of the Calanques as the sun set was beautiful, we sat and admired the view for a few hours, not wanting to leave the picturesque setting in front of us.

We arrived in a small town called Canaples after a full day of riding from Hesdin in the north of France. With nowhere to stay the night we began asking some of the locals where we could pitch a tent. We were pointed in the direction of a small bar that was also home to a trout fishing farm. After a couple of well deserved beers we asked the owner if we could pitch a tent out the back on his land. We were taken down a small path and shown a patch of grass where we could set up for the night, we were very thankful. The next morning I was up early, I saw the sun coming up over the distant hills and reached for my tripod and camera from the tent. A few snaps later and this is what I came up with.