Shell cat

Today we spent the day in Les Sables-d'Olonne. We first cycled from the camp site to the tourist office to find out what there is to do. The weather was rather flat and dull, so we opted to follow their talking trail. The town is pretty much devoid of any significant merit and it's not at all pretty, historic or interesting. Even the selection of shops wasn't very exciting.

One street we went round is odd though, it's only a few metres of street but most of the walls have shell art on them - some of them more interesting than others. I took quite a few pictures but I think the cat is probably the best - two other ones are extras.

For lunch we managed to find a sandwich shop and I took advantage of the free WiFi to check what was going on in the world and update my bike data - while my better half warmed up - it wasn't warm at all. After lunch I took the picture of the tower (final extra) and visited the WWII hospital bunker before we cycled back to our campsite in the afternoon avoiding the impending rain.

In the end it didn't rain much and we went for a walk to the coast by the campsite around tea time. We found a pretty deserted set of rock cliffs and a text-book wave-cut-platform. It was also pretty warm and sunny - which was nice as it has been cool all day.

If it rains tonight we'll stay another night, if it's dry we'll break camp and go onto the next campsite. The forecast is for rain but the town is rather dull and we've done it, so it would be best to press on if we can.