That’s the average temperature in the van in Sanguinet, scorchio.

Thankfully we put aircon in which gets it down to about 20 in the evening which is comfortable enough to sleep in.

We stayed at camping Sandaya which is a five star campsite on the shore of the lake, a far cry from when we first stayed here about ten years ago in our old van bumblebee. We stayed at an aire which is about 500 meters from this campsite, took a picture for nostalgia.

Don’t remember it being this hot last time around to be honest.

Our pitch was pretty much in the blazing sun most of the day so I made a sun shade out of a back drop which is actually a bed sheet Lauren tie dyed for her mums 60th.

Looks a bit ghetto but it worked as intended.

The campsite itself is quite nice, reasonable facilities, great waterpark for the kids which is hectic at the best of times, there is access to a pool at the site next door which is far more chilled even when it’s busy.

Our days were spent searching for sun loungers at the waterpark, staying there till about fiveish and then heading to the lake at much protest from the kids only for them to have a whale of time trying to catch small fish.

We stayed for three nights and on the last night ventured out to try and eat at one of the lakeside restaurants or snack bars, they were all closed and the kids were hungry so they weren’t on their best behaviour.

The sunset however was beautiful.

There was also a full moon which I was advised by my mother in law is called the sturgeon moon, it was massive and came out for two nights.

On our last night we packed up most of what we’d got out so we could get an early getaway, mainly to avoid driving about in the heat of the following day, we left on the Monday morning.

We are now at Ideal camping which is near St George de didonne, marginally cooler weather.

This is a two star resort, it’s right by the beach and they pack them in here.

Despite that Lauren and I both prefer this to the last place, you very much feel like you’re in a forest and it’s much less hectic although the pool is pretty mad after lunch. There is a well stocked shop and the facilities are in better condition than the 5 star one aside from none of the toilets having toilet roll, if you’re a bloke it’s pretty obvious what you’re up to first thing in the morning!

The beach is lovely and quiet up until about 3pm, then it gets rammed, below is before it gets rammed.

The kids went rock pooling and found hermit crabs, I made a sandcastle when Arielle came back for a bit and got burnt despite putting my usual all day sunblock on, either it’s losing its potency or the sun was just bloody hot, combination of the both I reckon.

Tonight is our last night here, tomorrow we’re off to another 5 star campsite for two nights and then home, would rather stay here as it’s quite nice but going on to the other pace will knock a couple of hours drive off the final leg home.

Whilst we were here I did get to try out my new acquisition, the latest camping shower from decathlon.

My old one after 7 or 8 years faithful service died, the pump handle snapped. I think this is the third revision of this shower and the improvements include being able to see how much water is actually in it instead of guessing, a secure connection to the tank and it being black. I filled it with cold water and left it out in the sun for a few hours, came back and had a lovely hot shower to wash all the sand off my body before a late lunch, can highly recommend, game changer for camping!