The rain held off in the morning and we took a ride around the hinterland of Gruissan to see the old salt pans, buy mussels and to visit the wine co-operative, the marina and a sailors' chapel up above the town. Lunch followed by a short siesta and it was time to pack up and head for home where it started to teem down with rain. We battened down the hatches and decided to put the heating back on.