Wednesday 24 July 2013

Despite it being quite full, the site is nice and quiet. As we were not going anywhere today we took it easy because although it was overcast to begin with, it is still very warm.

After lunch we took a walk down to the "port". This is actually a huge freshwater lake, Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, separated from the sea by a narrow strip of land. The area around Hourtin-Port has been developed as a resort with a supervised sandy beach and all the usual trappings of a small seaside town. As it is holiday time in France, the beach was crowded so we wandered back to Bertie and enjoyed the by now full sunshine which, thankfully, was tempered by a light breeze.

Later Terry decided that a dip in the lake was in order so whilst Bren stayed in the shade, a short walk, find a spot to leave a towel and plunge in. Only problem was the lake was very shallow and you have to walk out 200 yards to get it deep enough to swim. And it was 27 deg, but at least cooler than the air.

As the sun went down, we decided a meal out would be a nice change so having spotted a nice restaurant earlier  we repaired there and enjoyed a typical French meal - moules and frites and salmon salad. And of course half a bottle of a nice local rose to wash it down.