Cap de L’homy to Plage des Casernes

Enjoyed a morning swim at the beach in Cap de L’Homy. Queued up to make use of the laundry facilities at the campsite where a German lady provided some advice about camping etiquette and traditions. She said that most of the German visitors, who based on vehicle registration plates and language spoken appeared to make up most of the occupants, were from the North Rhine-Westphalia area.

The cycle path continued mostly through forests, avoiding the towns and the majority of the traffic although I stopped to get some lunch at the boulangerie in the small village of Léon. It was a fairly short ride down to the next campsite near Plage des Casernes, where the afternoon became increasingly cloudy and later there would be some rain overnight.

Down at the beach kiteboarders were making the most of the strong northerly wind.

Distance: 29 miles

Maximum temperature: 23 degrees C

Plage des Casernes

Plage des Casernes

Plage des Casernes to Biarritz

Made my departure from the campsite at Plage des Casernes just before midday, and knew the journey to Biarritz would be a relatively short one. I passed through Capbreton, which had a nice harbour area, and stopped briefly at the tranquil Plage du Metro, then crossed the Adour river at the most westerly possible point at Pont Henri Grenet, and went through the industrialised outskirts of western Bayonne.

As I had been forewarned, the approach to Biarritz was relatively steep, with the whole town seemingly built on a hillside. It was nice to reach the town at last. The first campsite that I tried was full but luckily the one further out of town towards Bidart had availability.

I went in to the town centre in the early evening, visited the busy seafront at the Grande Plage where the surf looked particularly good, and explored some backstreets.

Distance: 32 miles

Maximum temperature: 22 degrees C

It was nice to see this sign at the outskirts of Biarritz

Port de Capbreton