A lovely sunny and warm day as we discover more of the delights of this amazing spit of land that is Cap Ferret, with pine trees aplenty and the fabulous stretch of beautiful soft sand foreshore backed by white dunes sparsely sprinkled in grasses – a bugger to walk over but I’m sure my calves will thank me in the end!

Our first stop today is Plage de Truc Vert which doesn’t disappoint….

Enjoying the stunning weather we walked southwards to the next beach along – Plage de la Garonne….

Captivated by the little flock of Plovers playing on the shore just ahead of the incoming waves. Next we drove the short distance to the Point of Cap Ferret though disappointingly unable to get to the beach there as the whole area is closed off for restoration works, however we followed the permissible footpath back around the point where we were able to (after a climb over the inevitable dunes) access the beach….

Across the dunes we also have a good view of the Dune du Pilat (the tallest dune in Europe) across the other side of Arcachon Bay – though we shall get a closer look over the next few days…

Next we ventured into the village of Cap Ferret – a mix of extremely large houses and down on the shore front hundreds of little chalet style properties, some lived in, some holiday homes and many little impromptu bars or businesses selling fresh oysters – doing a fair trade today as it turns out this is a bank holiday here for Armistice Day.

The beaches here are not as sweeping or dramatic as those on the Atlantic coast but quite sheltered in Arcachon Bay – Plages de Mimbeau and further out on a spit of land – Plages de la Conche….

For now we have had enough driving around and returned to a small free Aire that we had spotted on our way through, away from the village and back in the forest by a beach that we purposefully passed by earlier. Once parked up we headed straight down to enjoy the last of the days sunshine where we belong – Plage de la Torchère….

We walked along the shore as far as the next beach (the last before Cap Ferret) – Plage de l’Horizon before calling it a day, a very good day and heading back to the van.

Thoughts of the day:

• This weather combined with these beaches – we are just in heaven right now.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 23
• Miles walked – 8
• Beaches – 7
• Aire – free
• Groceries – £33.49