Dune du Pilat

Today we drove south to see the amazing Dune du Pilat, the highest natural dune in Europe.  It really was spectacular to see and it's fun running down the steep sand sides.  We explored the beach to the South and then went to Biscarosse for dinner.

A lazy day

We didn't go far today.  We did some washing at the campsite and a bit of shopping in a local supermarket.  We walked up the road from the campsite to Chateau Balac, a local vineyard and wine maker, where we tasted some rather good wine and indeed bought a case to take home.   This was the point at which we wished we'd taken the car!

Trip to Bordeaux

An early start today so we could visit Bordeaux.  We had a wonderful lunch at Les Noailles and had to wait a bit for a table which is generally a good sign!  After lunch we visited the Eglise de Notre Dame, the Cathedral St. André, the Museé des beaux arts and the Porte Grosse Cloche.  We had pizza for dinner back at the campsite.

Getting oriented

We explored St. Laurent and Lesparre today and had a visit to the beach at Montalivet le Bains. We went out for dinner adn then returned to the campsite for a fairly early night.

Moving on

We left the first campsite today to drive to the Médoc, site of our second campsite.  We stopped for lunch and supplies at an Intermarché and arrived at Camping le Paradis Médoc around 5pm.  We found our plot, got the tent and all our stuff set up and then had supper at the campsite bar.  It was a very friendly bar and our host was the very jolly Bernard.

Monflanquin and Villeneuve-sur-Lot

We had a nice lunch today at Monflanquin although restaurants seemed to have run out of Cassoulet, perhaps because it was a bit overcast and drizzly.

We visited Villeneuvesur Lot in the afternoon and explored it's amazing bridge.

We had a light dinner back at the tent after a rather large lunch!