{"id":693,"date":"2012-06-12T19:52:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T18:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=693"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:49:52","slug":"a-successful-day-in-hossegor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/06\/12\/a-successful-day-in-hossegor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Successful Day In Hossegor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After listening to the rain most of the night and all morning we packed up and left the campsite at 11am.\u00a0 We crossed to the other side of the harbour and found a parking spot in Hossegor.\u00a0 I managed to find a pair of comfy black sandals to replace the decrepit ones I have been travelling with.\u00a0 For anyone who knows my tiny feet, they\u2019ll know that this is a very exciting moment for me.\u00a0 We celebrated the success by spending more money on a very nice\u00a0three-course meal, the goats cheese tart for entr\u00e9e was to die for.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to see a bit more of the area, but as it was still so wildly wet and windy we drove Eileen around rather than get the bikes out.\u00a0 We drove all the way up the side of the dunes to Segnosse and then back down to Hossegor on the inland side of the lagoon.\u00a0 We strolled around gathering more shells on a couple of the beaches and then dashed back to Eileen just as another cloudburst hit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-694\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-694\" title=\"Plage Notre Dame, Hossegor \" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/422-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x427-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/422-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x427-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/422-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/422-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x427-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/422-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x427-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/422-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plage Notre Dame, Hossegor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-695\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-695 size-full\" title=\"Plage Notre Dame, Hossegor \" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/424-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/424-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x285.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/424-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x285-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/424-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x285-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/424-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x285-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/424-Plage-Notre-Dame-Hossegor-640x285-96x42.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plage Notre Dame, Hossegor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve now driven back down to Capbreton to the Aires de Service which is tucked in behind a huge sand dune.\u00a0 We might watch another episode of Michael Palin\u2019s New Europe on the DVD this evening and I\u2019m planning to walk over the sand dune to hopefully watch another good sunset before bedtime tonight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-697\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-697 size-full\" title=\"Where's Eileen? From the dunes at Capbreton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/426-Wheres-Eileen-from-the-dunes-at-Capbreton-640x4271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/426-Wheres-Eileen-from-the-dunes-at-Capbreton-640x4271.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/426-Wheres-Eileen-from-the-dunes-at-Capbreton-640x4271-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/426-Wheres-Eileen-from-the-dunes-at-Capbreton-640x4271-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/426-Wheres-Eileen-from-the-dunes-at-Capbreton-640x4271-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/426-Wheres-Eileen-from-the-dunes-at-Capbreton-640x4271-96x42.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where&#8217;s Eileen? From the dunes at Capbreton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><\/div>\n<p>(She&#8217;s the little one right in the middle)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After listening to the rain most of the night and all morning we packed up and left the campsite at 11am.\u00a0 We crossed to the other side of the harbour and found a parking spot in Hossegor.\u00a0 I managed to find a pair of comfy black sandals to replace the decrepit ones I have been 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