This may be one for Alistair
We are heading down to La Tesse de Buch in the first week in October its a region we have been to a few times but never at that time of year wondered if anyone may know what the weather is like SWMBO want to know what to pack = goes it will be the lot as usual

Prepare for anything, Sandy. Weather here has been poor this year. You will be right on the Atlantic coast.

It is really a lottery at that time of year. Can be lovely but no guarantees.

If you haven't already got it, the Meteo France website gives a fifteen day forecast https://meteofrance.com/previsions-meteo-f...buch/33260

Alastair has boat in that area so can add to this.

Bon Courage  John
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We are coming down house hunting it has taken us years to get it down to two areas so we have around Arcachon or around Bergerac needless to say I dont really have a say in this

As John says, it can be a bit of a random into October. Even the weather forecasts can be touch and go more than 24 hours out as things change quickly and storms can be quite localised.

I’m not far from there - Gastes - but I’m there for the lake more than the coast. I usually head back to the U.K. late September.

I hope you find some nice places - Arcachon can be absolutely heaving in the summer months - I don’t really know Bergerac.

Bergerac - In Dordogneshire . Also very touristy in summer. John
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Yes we have been down in summer to both areas we have looked all over had a house in the North but SWMBO wants seaside and weather and also to sell in UK needless to say it all was put on hold thanks to covid we have only done one trip in last two years and that was for family reasons so we are looking forward to lunch in France

For a good micro climate and seaside the Charente Maritime comes high on the list. Not the area you are looking at though. John
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We have looked in the Charente area and we quite like La Rochelle and the islands my fear is the flooding we live with the thames at the bottom of the garden and get flooded every now and then but not thankfully in the house it is also great having the boat at the bottom of the garden who knows where we will end up

Stopped on the il de re for a number of years and loved it just off La Rochelle and a cracking place to stay with some great places. Traveled a lot and the only place I would go back to

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Yes we have been down in summer to both areas we have looked all over had a house in the North but SWMBO wants seaside and weather and also to sell in UK needless to say it all was put on hold thanks to covid we have only done one trip in last two years and that was for family reasons so we are looking forward to lunch in France

Was that the trip with 48 speeding tickets

On the weather, inland can be very cold in winter whereas some protection from the sea . Ditto in summer a wee hot inland and sea breezes perhaps. Need local knowledge Filters are in fact so good that in certain circumstances, when the ambient air is already polluted, a diesel car will tend to extract more particles from the air than it emits. Emissions Analytics worked with........etc etc

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