L'Estagnol beach

The weather forecast was dodgy. The day we were looking forward to- a day on the beach- had arrived, but so had the clouds. Dogs are prohibited from all beaches in France until end October and we had arranged for Sophie to be looked after this day, so we could have a swim in the sea. L'estagnol beach was found by Mum & Dad decades ago and is one of my favourites. It is a lovely cove surrounded by pine forest and the beach slopes very gently into the sea, so it is shallow for 40 metres and ideal for little children and of course being so shallow the water gets very warm. Today a strong wind is blowing into the cove making some good waves and blowing the cold water into the beach. The day started cloudy, but thankfully the clouds melted and we had many hours of good sun. The wind eased from mid-morning to late afternoon, so all in all we had a very pleasant day. Not the skin crisping one we expected, but maybe that was as well.