Our Big Adventure

DUNE du PILAT

Is an immense sand dune, measuring 105 meters high, nearly 3 kilometres long and 500 meters wide is the largest sand formation in Europe. It is said to have over 1 million visitors a year, and being not too far out of our way, we decide to go and see it for ourselves.

I must say it is impressive in size, and the fact that it is steadily moving inland at a rate of 4 meters a year, but what was really impressive was how stuck in the sand we managed to get ourselves.

Luckily with the help of a handsome young Frenchman, driving an old Land Rover (like Brian once owned), that I was able to stop by standing on the roadside wildly waving my arms, we managed to finally escape the clutches of the sands of the Dune du Pilat.

P.S. We were so thankful to this young man, we gave him one of our ‘special’ bottles of wine that we had bought in Bordeaux, I still believe it was a good deal.

posted by Brian and Julie @ 3:51:00 AM