We left our lovely campsite on the Île d’Oleron on Wednesday morning, September 10 to continue our adventures. First stop was a delightful car park outside a sports centre so Liz could phone into a meeting back in the UK. Then back up to La Rochelle, an amazing fortified city with its two imposing towers guarding the entrance to the old port and one of the earliest examples of a glass lantern tower. We were lucky with the weather as it had pretty much rained all morning and most of the afternoon. It stopped for the two hours we had to explore the city before setting in again for the evening.

We decided that we wanted to be near the sea overnight but the park ups we had marked on the map were either no longer allowing overnight stays or access to it was via a low bridge! However, we found a lovely spot about 30 mins south of La Rochelle in Fouras. Apparently, the area is renowned for its carrelet fishing where there are huts at the end a pontoon with fishing nets (called carrelets) at the end that are dipped into the sea at high tide. Our park up was by the beach in a lay-by with the Atlantic Ocean crashing and the wind howling. Perfect.

Miles since last blog: 86

Miles this trip: 677