Friday 30 August

Paul woke me up this morning by prodding me, then said ‘you were difficult to wake up’ – I wanted to ask why I had to wake up, why couldn’t I have carried on sleeping ……

Anyway, once up and showered we cycled into St Jean de Monts town to go to the food market. It was a beautiful day and the sun was shining. There was a lovely selection of fish, meats, fruit and vegetables. We loaded the bike up with bits and pieces, Paul had a look in the church and we cycled back to the campsite. Lottie enjoyed her run alongside the bikes, fortunately there weren’t too many other cyclists around.

After lunch and a sit in the sun I packed up a bag and announced that we were off to the beach. There were quite a few more people there today, it was a lovely atmosphere with lots of little children building sandcastles and paddling. We met a Maltipoo who was lovely, she and Lottie got on very well (which was a surprise and a relief)

Difficult to work out which end is which sometimes

Today st the beach

On the way back I stopped off at the indoor swimming pool for a dip.

Back at the campsite most people were packing up, ready to depart tomorrow- we may be the only ones left! The bar closes at 7pm tonight until next year.

We’ve decided to stay another couple of nights as the campsite on Il de Re that we want to go to doesn’t start it’s ACSI discount price until Monday. Plus we saw a fishmongers in St Jean de Monts that was offering Oysters and a glass of white wine for 6e, so we’re going back tomorrow do that Paul can have them for lunch.