Fun In The Sun

We set the alarm for 04.30 am this morning, so we would hopefully witness the blood moon and eclipse.

We weren't disappointed.  It was a cracker!  The best part of it was that we didn't even have to get out of bed as we could watch it through the open skylight above the bed!

This is my best effort ...

We woke a few hours later to yet another magical day.  The campsite is now a lot quieter and will be shutting for winter soon; it really is a lovely site and we thoroughly recommend it.

We met a couple today who arrived for a few days in a tent; they are paying 40 Euros a day because they don't have the ACSI book.  We are paying 18 Euro a day and the book cost 17 Euros.  It's a no-brainer!  The lady argued that not many sites in France accept the ACSI card ... gawd knows where she got her info from ... the card is accepted at 1246 sites in France alone.  When we don't stop in an Aire we only ever stop at ACSI sites.  It is such a simple system - you pay a flat rate of 12, 14, 16 or 18 Euro a night, depending on the quality and location of the site.  There is only one downside to the card and that is you cannot use it in the peak season of July and August.

Not a bad spot we reckon ...

We were going to walk into Collioure today, but it was too hot so we went and played in the site pool instead.

Not the biggest slide around but it was fun ...

There is also a spa next to the pool so we spent some time in there as well ... 

Later in the day we took the boys for a walk down to the beach ...

This could be the last of the sunny shots for a while as the rain is forecast to come down tonight and hang around for a few days.  It's a bit like living back in Oz though - we never did mind when it rained as you knew that the sun would return soon enough!

Tomorrow we might walk to Collioure in the rain!