Late morning we say our goodbyes and leave 'Chez Amies'. Nick's back is being a bit creaky so we decide to postpone heading further south until, hopefully, a couple of days' drugs and rest make it better. After a short stop at Mimizan Carrefour we drive the short journey back to the lakeside aire at Gastes, which we really enjoyed last Saturday. There is some entertainment when a van tries to leave but the bollard won't go down. A crowd gathers, the municipal...

It’s a refreshingly cool day today. We say goodbye to Claudie, return her stew-pot telling her how delicious ‘Granny’s veal stew’ was and set off for a 75 mile drive to Biscarrosse where there is a seaplane museum. Showers turn to incessant rain as we drive through forests of sand pine and pretty little stone villages. The stonework is pale sandstone and some of the churches have little timber ‘sheds’ cantilevered from the steeples. On the way to ...