What a cracking day !
We delivered the kids to Aqualand for 10am - it had been decided that the expedition was going ahead despite fine drizzle on the coast. The drizzle cleared up but thankfully the day never got as sun-baked or as hot as the end of last week.
Then Pat and I went off to explore. First we drove down the road to the little town of La Hume and found our way to its beach. LOVELY ! No, I mean REALLY NICE. The nearest thing I remember to it would be West Kirby, but with cleaner sand, better weather and even less commercialised. There was a little snackbar. There's a few campsites, but tucked away (and 25 - 30 euros a night !). There's a little marina with a passage marked out into the Bassin d'Arcachon. A playground for kids. Some isometric fitness machines for adults. Picnic benches under the parasol pines. It was just lovely.
We scuttled off to find something for lunch in La Teste and at a bar-tabac-brasserie Pat had paëlla and I had tartiflette. The waiter was really good, the kind that keeps an eye on everything and makes sure it's all OK. The only irritation was La Teste's complicated parking code (white boxes, blue boxes, white and blue dashed boxes, horodateurs, they got it all and I was baffled) and equally complicated one way system. In the end I just stuck the car into a space and hoped for the best. And that's what we got.
Then quickly to Carrefour for a necessity or two, then back to the lovely beach to read and wait for the kids. Really relaxing.
Meanwhile the kids had a WHALE of a time at Aqualand and fell asleep in the car on the way home.
Then Pat and I went off to explore. First we drove down the road to the little town of La Hume and found our way to its beach. LOVELY ! No, I mean REALLY NICE. The nearest thing I remember to it would be West Kirby, but with cleaner sand, better weather and even less commercialised. There was a little snackbar. There's a few campsites, but tucked away (and 25 - 30 euros a night !). There's a little marina with a passage marked out into the Bassin d'Arcachon. A playground for kids. Some isometric fitness machines for adults. Picnic benches under the parasol pines. It was just lovely.
We scuttled off to find something for lunch in La Teste and at a bar-tabac-brasserie Pat had paëlla and I had tartiflette. The waiter was really good, the kind that keeps an eye on everything and makes sure it's all OK. The only irritation was La Teste's complicated parking code (white boxes, blue boxes, white and blue dashed boxes, horodateurs, they got it all and I was baffled) and equally complicated one way system. In the end I just stuck the car into a space and hoped for the best. And that's what we got.
Then quickly to Carrefour for a necessity or two, then back to the lovely beach to read and wait for the kids. Really relaxing.
Meanwhile the kids had a WHALE of a time at Aqualand and fell asleep in the car on the way home.
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