{"id":911,"date":"2023-09-05T20:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/?p=911"},"modified":"2024-10-22T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:24:37","slug":"trip-to-the-beach-in-la-baule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/trip-to-the-beach-in-la-baule\/","title":{"rendered":"French Beach Adventure La Baule-Escoublac &#8211; September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The weather was good with high pressure. It seemed like a good idea to catch a few more days of sun before the long winter. La Baule airfield is just a 7 min cycle ride to &#8220;the most beautiful beach in Europe.&#8221; It&#8217;s an amazing beach. There are lots of sea front properties. These properties are easily rent-able now the school holidays are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was traveling alone French customs at Rennes released me without interview both ways, a first for me. With an OAT reading of 35\u00b0C at the hold whilst waiting for military jets to do their thing, the manifold temperature was above 51 C for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230905_180921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230905_180921-461x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230905_180921-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230905_180921-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230905_180921-691x1536.jpg 691w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230905_180921.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230905_152654-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">La Baule-Escoublac airfield. Bike rentals. But very quiet in early September. French radio calls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_152048-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brilliant beaches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_112106-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plenty of accomodation on the front off season, but many restaurants already closed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_132210-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_144259-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Time to go cycling French style<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_135022-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_135022-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_135022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_135022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_135022-768x576.jpg 768w, 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It seemed like a good idea to catch a few more days of sun before the long winter. La Baule airfield is just a 7 min cycle ride to &#8220;the most beautiful beach in Europe.&#8221; It&#8217;s an amazing beach. There are lots of sea front properties. These properties are easily rent-able now the school holidays are over. As I was traveling alone French customs at Rennes released me without interview both ways, a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/trip-to-the-beach-in-la-baule\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230906_135022-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gptsi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}