South to the Med - S1.E2

Early-morning arrival at Le Havre followed by a 700-mile journey across France to the Mediterranean. Ignoring maps and tourist routes, Ian Nairn takes a compass bearing on Nimes and discovers the real France. In an open top family saloon with a compass clamped to the windscreen, Nairn finds that the journey brings forth the unexpected and the whole amounts to a surprisingly revealing experience.