A little less windy today with plenty of sun around so knowing we are not in any hurry to move on and the tide is out. we take a leisurely stroll down to Wissant.

This morning with all that amazing exposed firm sand it is the turn of the Wind Karts racing along the combined length of Strouanne and Wissant Beaches….

Crikey they can pretty much fly along the beach in this wind, there was of course the odd kite surfer out on the sea but they are either not as keen to carry all their kit down the beach or in reality as I suspect mostly at work.

Today it is clear enough for us to see the White Cliffs of Dover along the horizon – amazing at 21 miles away….

We could also see that Plage de Wissant does indeed extend to Plage de Cap Gris Nez that we visited at high tide yesterday….

How magical are these tree trunks for retaining the beach (I think?)…

Time to move on and on our way we attempted to call in on Cap Blanc Nez and the iconic Dover Patrol Monument a 23m high granite obelisk commemorating the French / English troops who patrolled these cliffs guarding the English Channel during WWI. However unlike its sister Cap Gris Nez where there was ample parking for all, here the parking was restricted to 2.1m in height – so not us!

Instead we continued and dropped down into the small coastal village of Sangatte where there was motorhome specific parking on the outskirts and took a lovely long walk along the raised promenade and back along the vast expanse of firm sand – just perfect…

It was then just a short hop to our Aire in Calais and time for us to walk into town for Tilly’s appointment at the vets for her tapeworm tablet a requirement of our return to the UK on Monday. The vet was a lovely Romanian chap with excellent English who happily got down on his hands and knees and hand fed Tilly from a tin of wet dog food whilst hiding the tablets within. I think that is the first time she has ever left a vets smiling!!

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 16
• Miles walked – 8
• Beaches – 3
• Vet – £40.87
• O/N – £15.42