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| The pier at Les Sables-d'Olonne |
After a great week of very productive travelling we headed west toward the coast to spend a couple of days with Morgan's cousins Sophie, Di and her (and Nick's) kids Bryn and Harry. After Paris the cousins had driven to a campground called La Garangeoire for their annual holidays. This campsite, near the village of La Mothe Achard, is very different to the type of campground we generally stay in! It's very much a family orientated holiday destination and at first this little "slice of Britain" was a bit of a culture shock. After a couple of days though, I could completely see the attraction for families because the facilities are amazing- a lake, canoes, pools (with slides), restaurant, band and lots of activities for kids and adults. In fact the atmosphere kind of reminded me of summer holiday in NZ at the beach, where you know all of the families around you, there are a lot of BBQ's and the kids roam free!
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| The enormous pitch was a bit wasted on us! |
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| The Dingeman's bungalow. |
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| I think Bryn quite liked hanging out with Morgan. We both really enjoyed spending some more time with both Bryn and Harry- they're a lot of fun and really great kids. |
While we were there we took a drive out to the coast for the afternoon and the footloose and fancy free adults (that's Morg, Sophie and I) did one of the best wine tastings I've ever been to. The man taking the tasting was very interesting and really informative....and the wine was delicious!
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| I think from the expression on Morgan's face someone's just pinched his bum! |
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| Di, Sophie and Morgan. Morgan's beard matches his t-shirt! |
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| The carousel. Equipped with lots of different toys for the kids to ride in and slightly racy pictures on the ceiling for adults to look at! |
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| Les Sables-d'Olonne |
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| Harry has a little quiet time. |
Revived after some lovely family time we headed north to Nantes.
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