Postcard from Cavalaire sur Mer 2015

We’ve spent the last 5 weeks camping on the Côte d’Azur. We started out at Saint Clair, then moved along the coast to La Croix Valmer. For the last 11 nights we’ve been at Camping de la Baie in Cavalaire sur Mer, a lively seaside resort.

We came for more beach time

We like to stroll around the port,

and to watch the boats coming into the marina.

However, one of the reasons for moving sites, just 2.8 miles, was to be in Cavalaire for the big music night on the 21^st. All around the port, in the open spaces, the cafes and restaurants, there are bands playing. The main band were very good

But a quartet of sixty-somethings drew a big crowd playing blues and rock’n’roll

Not satisfied with that, we caught the free bus back to La Croix for an hour and a half of jazz at the beach.

Last Sunday it was the festival of St Peter, so the local community got dressed up in traditional costume to march through the town

To dance,

And then lots of boats, including the lifeboat and the Porqerolles ferry, sailed in procession around the bay with flags flying and music playing

Our campsite this morning was emptying out as us ACSI oldies made way for high-season holiday makers. Already the campsite was ‘morphing’ into a holiday camp.