After lunch in Arcachon, I drove South to a holiday town called Mimizan. it was just getting dark when I got near and rather than find a place on the road in town, or at a campsite, I thought I’d turn off on one of the tracks into the forest I’d been driving alongside for hours.

The tracks are basically on sand, so i didn’t drive in too far to avoid getting stuck (I have experience of this in Morocco).  I parked in a clearing and found that I was next to a big lake.

When I woke in the morning it was really misty and a bit eery and there were big cob west on the bushes and trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the sun started burning off the mist, I decided to go for a cycle on the track which went around the lake. I found small fisherman’s lodges and boats by the side of the lake.  Most of them has been camouflaged for some reason.  There were a lot of birds, so they may also have been used by bird watchers.  It was a fantastic morning and very quiet (I only saw 1 person and he was fishing from a boat). Here are some of the photos I took.