The Bay of Biscay Rocks!

Had a lovely nights’ sleep here in Capbreton. The ocean which is a few kilometres walk away rolled and thrummed all night - a magical way to slip into sleep. We always wake up pretty early - a very hard habit to break even when you are on holiday. We had a light brekkie and walked up to the local town which was a fair old way. Tom does so well except he needs to pee at every post in the neighbourhood so walking with him becomes more of a drag. The weather is grey again with light showers and a tad cooler than yesterday - we found a little cafe and had a leisurely coffee and a wonder around the town. As with all seaside towns in the UK not everything is open but what was, was pretty and interesting. Al indulged in another coffee while I did some grocery shopping next door and we decided to treat ourselves to lunch - nom nom nom. Once we got back to the van we had a little tidy round and decided to walk out to the ocean - well it was a long way and the dog was beginning to show signs of a limp which we don’t want! Well, we got there and I’m glad we did but blimey O’Reilly what a sight. Talk about Storm Clara! the sight that met us was breathtaking - in every way - in other words it stole the oxygen out of your lungs as well as the noise - a magnificent noise. The whole back of the beach was fenced off - now this whole area is a huge surfing spot but I don’t know anyone who would have surfed in that and we live in Newquay so we are very used to what constitutes a good surf. There was no way you could walk on the beach either - at least not today. There is an Aire right there by the beach. Well protected and all you have to do is walk up the dune to get to the sea. It was 8€ this time of year, rising in increments to 13€ in high season - although it sounds idyllic, the toilet shower area was in an awful state - mainly because someone had left it that way, but we didn’t miss a trick by staying back at Camp du Civile. I have shared some photographs on Facebook tonight to give a better feel to the narrative.

The site itself is very pleasant. There is a new shop, cafe area being built here as I speak so should be reading for the coming summer season - there are areas for motor homes, tents and caravans as well as some of the prettiest static homes which have had wooden verandas built around them and then, in some cases, canvas surrounds. It all makes for the most intimate of spaces to relax whilst being in the centre of a community. The whole site is very secure with fencing and gates secured by coded entry. All in all, very impressive here - so much so, we are staying another night before we make our way into Spain.