So, seven miles northwest ... job done, at a fabulous expanse of sand at a river's mouth.

A twobedroom flat with views of this glorious expanse of sand would typically cost 300,000-400,000.

But also protected dunes, that expanse of sand and, inland, acre after acre of wetland crisscrossed by cycle paths.

It's a quick scramble through tall pines and over grass-covered dunes to the beach, a huge expanse of sand edged with a row of colourful huts.

Many more monuments lie buried in the barren expanse of sand dunes in the town.