The pick-up truck shudders to a halt and an outstretched arm signals the silhouette of a lone deer racing through the blackened woods.
There are six of us squeezed into the back of the Toyota Hilux, all clinging onto a caged water tank as we bounce along the dirt roads of a forest ravaged by wildfires. Sandy firebreaks have created a stark contrast between the verdant woodland surrounding Lacanau and the devastated areas in monochrome, still heavy with smoke.
