New Côté Plage restaurant

There's been quite a rumble in La Tranche recently with the appearance of a new structure for le Côté Plage bar/restaurant.

There's activity on the main car park mid-January...

...a huge crane and portacabins.

A few weeks later they've covered the ugly portacabins with wooden cladding...

...and painted the ventilation chimney black.

From the beach it's far from ugly...

...and they serve a good rosé.

So, why has the new construction caused problems? Well, this time it's permanent and built directly on the dunes and people wonder how planning permission was given when elsewhere it is so strict. Local politics, eh?