A dry day, a wet day and when it's wet it really rains, no wonder the place is very green, not at all what I expected. So, with a wifi...

Up early and out on my bike looking for a toilet. I get to a lifeguard station and lo, a toilet. This is different, large room, floor...

The weather has been just rubbish since the hail storm on the 20th and the beaches don't look great for Kitesurfing so I decide to make...

The day starts off wet again and overcast but I head south looking for a kitesurfing spot, although there is no wind. First stop Le...

Heavy rain overnight, everything wet again. Go to get replacement tent and tables. Got a simple flexi-pole tent, that throw down tent...

Main concern was insurance and finding a windscreen supplier. Assessing the damage; Windsceen Lights, van front and trailer Wing mirrors...

Leaving Port Meabert on the Gironde for Port Neuf on the Dordogne. It's late but the barrier is up and just a few vans on site. Tent up...

Back at Au Petit Port I was chatting to a biker from Bordeaux. He said the north side of the Gironde had great roads close to the...

Well the the wind dropped again with no prospect for a week, so I left. La Grande Cote is a great location and rib trips with Francoir...

Out on the rib with Francois, this time in the middle of the bay with sand bars either side. Got off to a great start with a long run and...

On the water again practicing as best I could there being another learner continually boxing me in. After nearly dropping his kite on me...

Spent the day recovering until the evening. Back to Plage Grande Cote for more practice. The wind has dropped a lot and it is low tide,...

Take a call from daughter Ellie who was in Malta with old school friends Bella and Polly. They were reminiscing about camping together...

Spent the day repairing the panel to the sliding door on the bus, it really is past it and needs replacing. The supplier is using mdf...

A bit of a late start, the crows and ripped into my rubbish sacks and it rained - again! This is my office where I struggled to set up...

Rained overnight and matches damp, so not a good start to the day. Low tide is at 16:00 so aiming to get to beach around 12:00. The...

The photo shows the kiting area at low tide, either side of low tide the water fills the whole area and is completely flat protected by...

Packed up Camp (Bye Bye Camping Tonnelle Plage) and headed into Notre Dame-de-Monts to collect my bike, there it was leaning against a...

Still camping at Tonnelles I spent time getting the fridge to work, nothing wrong with it before landing here. After much research it...

Although it suited me, I know the family would be unhappy rough camping, so headed back north and found Camping Tonnelle outside Notre...