START HERE: CAMP DE RIVESALTES

In 2004, whilst driving in the vicinity of Rivesaltes, we note a number of barracks surrounded by barb wire:





On closer inspection, we encounter various signs forbidding access to the public, stating that this is MILITARY PROPERTY:






My partner and I dare to trespass, climbing over the barb wire. We soon pass the gate of a compound which, although closed and locked, looks operational. Taking care not to be seen from what looks like a security lodge, in the distance, we walk along avenues lined with derelict barracks; then go home, intringued by what we have seen, and speculating about the camp's previous and current uses.