Its Friday and we leave Labastide D’Armagnac and head towards the south west coast. I have found an aire at the beach, that although costs 13euro a night everything is included and we can swim at the beach. We have to be in Spain on Tuesday so will travel closer on Monday. Being the weekend, by the sea and hot we figure the aire will be busy as it is when we get there. There are parks so we settle in and find ourselves beside a couple who are obviously living there but he is sick, perhaps cancer, but does this horrible coughing up, hoiking and spitting all the time and has his music loud. You do have to be careful who you park next door to!
We go for a bike ride into the small village where there are a few shops and restaurants. It is really lovely and obviously a very popular place especially when it is as hot as it currently is. They do have surf life rescue here which is good. We decide to spend until Monday lunchtime here and then go down futher to the Spanish border. We spend Sat, Sun and part Monday swimming, on the beach and enjoying a relax.
There is a small area here where someone has made a waterproof home for the homeless cats. I only see 2 of them today but there are 6 in total that i have noticed. 2 of them are very friendly and 4 very timid. People are leaving biscuits for them which is nice. I change the water bowls but havent any biscuits but i go and buy a few sachets of wet food and feed the cats. They have all been desexed which is good and they are now looked after by the campervan people.
We decide to risk dinner out and this time have a lovely pizza and salad meal at a very popular location. On our way back from the restaurant we bike over the bridge and watch the enormous flow of water making its way into the inland lake area this place has. It is a great playground for kids.
It is so hot on the weekend- high 30’s which makes it very hot at night, but here there is a slight breeze which makes it just bearable, but it is still difficult to sleep. It is safe to leave windows open here and i am not worried about intruders which helps.
