I left Lacanau on the morning of 30th Sept and had a great drive through miles of pine forests and very flat land which stretches all of the way down to where the French Basque country starts.  The homes reminded me of US hillbillies.  There were all set back from the road surrounded by trees, single story and made of timber. In the compounds, were old tractors and cars and often dogs, sometimes on a long rope with outside kennels.

I drove to Arcachon which is on an estuary at the mount of the Atlantic and there is a large area of water they call Le Basin, in which they farm Oysters.  There are seafood and oyster shops and cafes everywhere.  When in Rome!