Wed 23 Jul 2008
19 miles Labenne to Ilbarritz
Posted by Brock under France
Traffic filled streets, fast roads, nasty hills, roundabouts and traffic lights for us today as we continued South. Fighting our way past queues of slow moving traffic was actually quite a refreshing change as we cycled through Bayonne and Biarritz. We stopped to unwind at a small park with a war memorial and I had a quick walk around the streets looking for a camp site guide for Spain. Of course, being still in France the book shops only seemed to have guides to France so I gave up and returned to Kez with a baguette to eat with the large pork sausage and juicy melon in our food bag. It was hard work today with the heat, hills and stop start traffic taking its toll, and having got out of Biarritz and past some beautiful coastline, we gave up half way up a steep hill with a four star camp site sitting there invitingly. At €26 it was the most we’ve spent on a camp site but it was a relief to be shown to a grassy shady pitch bordered by colourful hydrangers and without any of the dusty sand we’d been pitching on lately. Free wi-fi, a pool, restaurant and excellent showers made us feel a little less guilty about the expense as we relaxed into the rest of the afternoon. The evening entertainment turned out to be a pretty decent pop rock band playing some good covers, albeit with a French accent. We’d probably stay a week if it wasn’t so expensive.