Hi all, Saturday 18th Sept We left Bordeaux early and set of for the Dunes de Pilat on the Atlantic coast near Arcachon, after shopping and filling up with fuel we pulled into the car park at Pilat. We wandered past the cafes and stalls selling postcards and towards the dunes, the first sight you get of the dunes is almost at the foot of the temporary steps they put at the base of the steep slope, as it was another scorching day the sands looked golden in the sun and the dunes looked massive. We climbed to the top and took in the spectacular views on all sides, to the west was cape ferret and the peninsular, to the north Arcachon, to the east the endless pine forests and to the south the sand dune
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