In mid-August 2016 I decided to explore Northwest France from Bordeaux, to Arcachon, and Dune of Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe, walking South from there to see how far I could get.

After spending a few days in Bordeaux, looking at the culture and arts. Which is in another book. I headed to Arcachon, spending a few days there. Arcachon is famous for its oysters.

The area is in pine forests. A mixture of the smell of pine and fresh Atlantic air made it an ideal place for people to recover from tuberculosis.

Until the 1950’s Many celebrities went there to recover.

Because of the links to T. B. People did not want to visit the place; it took a while to become a tourist attraction again.

In the Summer of 2023, a lot of the pine forests were damaged by fires, in one of the hottest summers on record.

A beautiful place well worth a stay.

I then headed to

The Dun of Pilat, which is in book 2 of 3 of this series.

I was also recording a video for. LOVE SummerTime TV Magazine Worldwide on YouTube.

Since 1992 I have been recording in both photography and video a vast amount of culture and the arts and music in video and photography. And thank you all for letting me into your lives.

Chris Summerfield