Number two in a small series of tips and ideas from the area of France I live in. Having lived in a small place called "Meze" which is situated between Beziers and Montpellier , I though we could have a little trip up the main road between these two places. Starting at BEZIERS....  probably already know by many as the point of starting the torture of a holiday on the " Canal du Midi " in the rented houseboat. Undoubtedly an adventure, it is best to choose carefully the timing of your holiday, if you can. The Canal is most agreeable - always assuming you can navigate it, not always the case in the height of the season, and you could end up spending more time queuing up at one of the numerous "locks" than actually carefree drifting! Another suggestion is that you don't really have to clean the bicycles that come with the houseboats...although that's what I always remark - every year!  Hundreds of Tourists all cleaning the bikes...in the baking ...