Taussat (day 2)

Before leaving Maillezais we took a walk around the town, enjoying the swallows as they dived and swooped to feed their young

We then took at the Abbey St. Pierre le-Vieux

Today we decided to drive towards Bordeaux , and as it’s Sunday tomorrow, we stopped at a Hypermarket to stock up on the essentials, and of course more wine and cider.

With Marge fully filled, we decided to head towards the Atlantic coast, a drive of 3 hours including a hairy drive around Bordeaux’s ring road, what is it with Romanian lorry drivers that their patience doesn’t stretch to 22 year old V.W.’s?

Before Bordeaux we drove through the Marais spotting many heron’s, egrets and birds of prey.

At one point on our journey, we passed through a village we had cycled through a few years ago when we cycled to Narbonne on the Med. So for old times sake, we stopped to take a look at the campsite we’d stayed at by the church. As we’ve travelled, we have noticed we have driven on roads and passed through villages we’d already seen when cycling, probably, as we stay off the toll roads, and try and keep to quieter ones passing through the countryside when we can.

We are now at Taussat right on the Atlantic coast, just to the south west of Bordeaux.  There was just one camping space left among the larger motorhomes, and we just managed to squeeze Marge in with inches to spare, the joy of having a small van!

Even spotted the local free library on the beach, nothing in English though...

Tomorrow we will go out cycling, for a few miles, as we are on the cycle route which starts at Roscoff and goes to Hendaye, just above Spain. Some of you may remember we cycled from St. Malo to just over the border into Northern Spain in 2015 when John was 60. We are hoping to do the Atlantic coast cycle ride again when I’m 60 in 2020.

The temperature in our van is showing at 32f, and it’s 7.10 in the evening, so there’s only one option for tonight's meal...it has to be vegetable curry.