The storm which has trapped us indoors for the last three weeks is finally abating and so yesterday we went to see the damage (and get some fresh air) on the beach at Les Cabanes de Fleury

A fair bit of flotsam and jetsam had been thrown up on the beach with the wind and the waves- a lot of it coming tfrom he river Aude which drains here and more from across the Mediterranean thrown up by the onshore wind.

A huge log had landed which had obviously spent some time at sea . time enough to be a home for thousands of mussels.

This float had obviously lost its moorings and also had been colonised by a question mark of tiny mussels.

A small fishing boat from somewhere up the river Aude had also gone to sea.

This I decided was some exotic red wood from the coast of Africa.

And this strange shrimp like shape was actually Bamboo Root.

Lord knows where this orange had escaped from , but it seemed to have survived its journey.

There were casualties too of the storm.

This I decided, as it is labeled Marakech , certainly came from Africa (Síle thought it was a bath oil freely available in supermarkets here.)

This sign with its faded lettering (the word Argentinas is just legible ) certainly came across from Spain.

Someone had piled the bigger logs up into piles – possibly for burning.

In other places the logs (and other jetsam) had been made into hides, like old stone circles , I have no idea of their purpose but there were several of these all solidly made.

In the middle of all the debris rested this perfect pink and white shell, a sign I hope that this storm is finally running out.