Kindness Of Strangers In Bidart

We drove on from Lourdes, stopping for a wifi session at one of the McDonald's near Pau,and then headed for Biarritz and the coast, hoping to get as far as old friend San Sebastian and its Unibersitatea autocaravanna stop. But, as we were passing through Bidart, Vicki spotted a lavanderia and we stopped to do the wash and have dinner. In the course of all this, a French couple stopped by to ask about our rig and what we were doing and, ultimately, showed us a nice, safe place to park in Bidart, in front of his mother's house, just across the highway from the cliffs and beach. With the wash and dinner done and our camp thus established, we walked down to the beach for a sunset stroll. 

Looking down toward the beach at Bidart

Showers at sea

Family beach party; grandma (in black) serving; others
fishing, surfing; we are deep in Basque country here

The sixteen mile beach/cliff walkway between Bidart and
Heydane starts here; we might have done a bit of it, but
were beginning to feel there was already enough for our
days left this summer