Day Eighteen 1.04.05 Fortunately April fools day has passed without any unnecessary pranks. To be honest we forgot what date it was and also what day of the week it is. In fact we're still not sure what day of the week it is. It doesn't take long and using the shops in France to determine the day of the week is difficult. They appear to be on Wednesday half day opening everyday. We had a lie in this morning (until the urge to pee was too great to st...

Day Seventeen 31.03.05 We packed up the tent which was still a bit wet from the rain last night, we wanted to get an earlyish start as we planned to travel to Biarritz. The coastal road looked most direct and more interesting than the motorway. James was driving and William navigating. Both did really well and didn't argue at all. We stopped for lunch at Mimizan, this a very pretty town and not too far from the beach where we had fresh bagette and ch...

Day Sixteen 30.03.05 William had a really bright idea this morning to hire bikes and explore the area. The weather was a bit overcast and James protested that it looked as though it might rain. If it did rain, James warned, he may get a little irritated and not very happy. Shortly after and we had picked up the bike and on a recommendation from the nice man headed for La Teste de Buch, a town about 8kms away. James conceded that it was actually a ...

Day Sixteen 30.03.05 William had a really bright idea this morning to hire bikes and explore the area. The weather was a bit overcast and James protested that it looked as though it might rain. If it did rain, James warned, he may get a little irritated and not very happy. Shortly after and we had picked up the bike and on a recommendation from the nice man headed for La Teste de Buch, a town about 8kms away. James conceded that it was actually a ...

Day Fifteen 29.03.03 Today Gordon, Neil, Bill and David left for England and James and William set off for Bordeaux. We said our goodbyes and we're on the road again. We knew we were heading for Bordeaux but this time there was no pre booked site. Gordon had suggested going to Dune Du Pyla. The drive down was horrible. It rained all the way and visibility was really poor. William did all the driving making him star person for the day. The ...