We didn't do much this morning; the weather has gone back on us a bit. So we didn't hurry, but used the services and then headed out to the nearest Hyper-U, but in fact there was an "everything" shop in the same area, so I went in there and was delighted to find a vinyl tablecloth to replace ours, which has worn out. There was also a Lidl, so I shopped in there, as all I wanted was bread for lunch!
We then drove on through Arcachon and the various other seaside towns in that locality, and then down the coast.
Why do seaside towns always have vast Moderne blocks of flats, as though visiting the seaside was something that only started happening in the 1920s/30s? I After all, the it was the Prince Regent who made places like Brighton and it's cheaper relative Worthing fashionable a hundred years earlier!
We were looking out for a place to stop for lunch and thought we saw somewhere, but it turned out to be a place where they were building a solar field, and no public access. So the Swan Whisperer reversed the WoMo - and got stuck! The soil was very loose, and we kept digging ourselves into it deeper and deeper! We tried using the mats from the inside - not too sure they will ever be the same again! Eventually the old one vinyl tablecloth came to our aid, and we got out, rather grubby! We now have no internal mats for at least the rest of the holiday (and I could have replaced them earlier, had I known!). Although they will probably be all right once they have been given a good shaking and brushing, and then put in the washing-machine at home!
Anyway, we finally stopped in a village called Pontenx-les-Forges, and I thought it looked familiar, and then I realised we had parked in the exact same spot to have our meal in February 2023!
Then on and on down minor roads to this aire in Soorts-Hossegor, where we have stayed a couple of times before. The WiFi isn't working, which is maddening of it, as there is very little phone signal. Just enough to upload this, I hope. The Swan Whisperer went for a walk round the lake, and has come back rather wet, as it rained! Of course, the rain is now away, but he is going to have a shower before supper. He says he wants to run round it in the opposite direction in the morning. No tai chi for me today because of the weather, but I hope to get a decent walk tomorrow.
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