10th May 2011

Woken up at 8am by “Marco” the bread man, we’d really missed the French chocolate croissants! After breakfast we set off on the bikes along a cycle route that took us all the way to a large, fairly new housing development set on the coast with at least two large marinas, loads of apartments, shops, cafes etc. Great location for the water sports and a nice feel to the place. Had lunch at a café overlooking one of the marinas and didn’t realise how hot it was, by the time we got back to the van we were all a little red! The coast is very windy so it doesn’t feel as hot, well that’s our excuse. On our return we saw just how windy it was, watching a kite surfer try to get his kite close enough to the waters edge and his board so he could go surfing. The wind was so strong it just kept dragging him across the beach, he’d then spend ages edging back to his board only to be dragged away again 50m up the beach. After about an hour he looked exhausted and we were getting a little concerned , but he’d had enough and dumped the kite in the sand and gave up!