Fresh morning swim in the Hume estuary river just as the tide was going out, so it was good exercise swimming against the current. A class of primary school children were having fun playing a large parachute game when we arrived. Very sweet to witness their excitement.
Afternoon train into Arcachon, brand new train stock. A beautiful town in the Arcachon basin with several beaches and 3 piers, one of which is a ferry point where you can catch boats around the bay , for bird watching or across to Cap Ferrat opposite Arcachon . The biggest sand dune in France (Pilat) is just down the coast. We decided not to do it a second time.
Went for a swim near the ferry boarding pier. Very shallow but swimable out by the float line. Delightful. No waves apart from the occasional ferry departure swell .
Railway station at Plage de Hume is a simple 12 min walk from the campsite . NB Suggest downloading SCNF mobile phone app to buy train tickets as the station ticket machine is hard to decipher due to it switching back to French half way through the selection process.
Very pretty railway station at Acarchon.
15 minute walk straight down the main road from the Acarchon railway station to the beaches . Impressive, very old tamarisk trees bound up with iron bands line the beach promenade. We ate a frozen yoghurt ice cream on the stone seating looking out to sea. I spotted a Citroen Diane on this outing (Andy's Orange hair dryer of a car which slowly got us to Scotland and back to meet his parents for the first time. Andy likes taking risks...)
Back at the van by 8 ( I was asleep by 9!)
Weather changes dramatically tomorrow, cloud cover , rain showers and much lower temperatures than today's pleasant 21 degrees.
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