Sunday 8 September

Even quieter news day today.

We were woken about 7.30am by La Chass – the hunt – bang bang bang. Lottie didn’t like it one bit, she wanted cuddles and reassurance. Paul held her whilst I got dressed, then she wanted me to hold her, climbing up on my shoulder each time there was a bang. Took a couple of hours before she was prepared to stand on her own, I think they (the hunters) had moved further away by then, the bangs were more distant.

After doing a wash we pegged it all out and then cycled to get some bread for lunch.

The wind was really strong today and by the time we came back from the bakers, the sheets were almost dry.

We decided not to go to the beach, because of the wind, so cycled to Canet Plage via the marina. There are some beautiful boats, lots of catamarans, possibly down to the fact that we saw at least 2 catamaran shipbuilders.

Cycling along the beach front of Canet Plage was not really pleasurable because of the wind. We did find a part of the beach that Lottie was able to go on but after a few minutes of being sand blasted we gave up.

We had to give Lottie a shower tonight. She was very grubby and definitely not white. How long it will last, I don’t know.

Tomorrow we head for Spain. Hopefully somewhere out of the wind!