Angry Atlantic

We have just spent a few days away in the camper van where we visited Capbreton, Ondres, Biarritz and San Sebastian.  It was unusually warm for January and the ocean was unusually rough!  This was the first time we had seen sea like it.  Here is a snapshot of what we saw:

Watching the sea at Ondres before a rogue wave came and washed
another 3 feet of the sand cliff into the sea right in front of us

The local police were called to make the area safe with tape .......

Debris on the beach at Ondres  

Remains of Hitler's Atlantic Wall which stretched from the Spanish border to
the tip of Norway 

Another bunker at Ondres that had fallen into the sea

Wave attack ..... 

Flip flop tree

More debris

This gives you some idea of the size of the defence works

Clearing up after the storm in Biarritz, the sky is looking none to pleased 

Biarritz lighthouse at sunset

Silhouette  

Happened to come across a raid by the Guardia Civil in San Sebastian
which involved six 4x4's lots of men with automatic weapons and a few
plain clothed wearing balaclavas