Lovely sunny day today, the wind has almost completely died down. I was feeling much better than yesterday, just had a thick head – like a hangover without the pleasure of the drinking beforehand.
We needed to stock up on a few things so I said we’d cycle across the rice fields to the Lidl in a nearby town, supposed to be 6 miles. Well, we had a few wrong turns so it was actually just over 8 miles but a lovely ride, mainly on paths but a few miles on quiet roads. Seeing the rice plants was very interesting, most was still there although some had been harvested.
We remembered where we’d gone wrong on the way back, so it was a bit quicker.
We saw lots and lots of birds, and there were quite a few hides around for bird watchers. One path we went down was strewn with crayfish claws, crunching as we cycled along. These were red crayfish, I thought they were American crayfish and when I got back to the van I checked and yes, these were Louisiana crayfish brought over years ago by the restaurateurs as they are bigger than native crayfish, but they escaped from their commercial pens and now infest the rice fields, burrowing into the banks. But apparently the birds love them so there’s nature for you.
After a late lunch and a doze I decided to try the swimming pool – I was apprehensive as I hadn’t seen anyone actually in there so guessed it was going to be cold – but I hadn’t realised how cold. I managed to walk in up to my thighs and had to give up. Such a shame.
Instead, we took Lottie for a walk along the beach, it was great to walk through the edge of the water, which was a lot warmer than the pool. Lottie enjoyed chasing her ball and sniffing all of the seaweed and shells brought up the beach by the wind. The JCB was out clearing the sand from the road, very quick considering it was only yesterday that the storm brought all the sand into the road.
Hottest day today, my lip sun stick melted – had to put it in the fridge.
Nearly had an international incident when I had a shower. 😳 I came out of the shower, thought how stuffy it was and decided to reach up and undo a window. Standing on tip toe I managed to get the window open about a foot. About 2 mins later a Dutch (I think) woman marched into the shower area and – hands on hip – asked me why I’d shut the window (she said she’d been washing her dishes outside and noticed me ‘closing’ the window). No, I explained, I had opened the window. She looked at me, looked at the window, and jumped up on the sinks and opened all the windows. And left. Phew.
We’ve decided to stay here until Monday. I love being so close to the beach and it’s lovely being next to the nature park.
2019 Autumn follow the sun 