Among the Gentry…but Not for too Long ..!

A relaxed start to the day, and after chucky eggs,and coffee I was ready to face another hectic day ! Whilst in this relaxed mode I went to wash the pots, and succeeded in breaking my Cafetiere’…that’s been all over with me, having been donated by PB whilst I was working, as he could never understand how anyone could take the time to brew coffee like me – sorry Booney !

So, so far I’ve broken the Cafetiere’ , 2 tall glasses, and one wine glass – I’m operating on emergency supplies now, and I always blamed Wally for breaking everything !

Having got over that emergency I walked into Socoa, or to give it it’s full title Fort Socoa http://www.fortified-places.com/socoa.html… a proper Fort guarding the entrance to the bay of St Jean du Luz…with most of the redundant canons being utilised,it seems, to tie boats up with, having been upended along the piers.. with dates on them from the early 1800’s ! I had a good look round the broken fort area, and piers ,looking out at the crashing waves of the Atlantic, and what I think is the Bay of Biscay ?, and a rough area of Ocean at that.

Then it was time to return to camp,lunch…and snooze……. as any good European would !

However, I couldn’t snooze all day, so got the bike out and went for a ride into St Jean du Luz,http://www.saint-jean-de-luz.com/ a really picturesque (and seemingly rich !) town, the more I looked , the more expensive everything seemed to be – so I didn’t stop !

It seems that the town was set up as a ‘health spa’ because of its ‘ambience’ and then the moneyed people rolled in… but, to be fair very beautiful, I could almost have spent something…. so, quickly left !

and returned to camp for a fillet steak, Jersey potatoes,salad…some wine, and cheese…ready for a ride into Biarritz tomorrow…