So far South.

As the boat resumed some form of assemblance, we pottered over to St Denis on île d’Oléron.   The marine charts show the entrance as a tricky one and necessary to judge that the right amount of tide had come in to get over both the drying outer harbour and a sill.   The penalty would be READ MORE

The tribe arrive.

Leaving Les Sables, we crossed the line of latitude 460 26’ 9 N and were now in new territory having never travelled further south than Bourgenay in 2019. The île de Ré bridge, which marks the entrance to La Rochelle and the bay of Rade de Basques could be seen from 3 hours away.  As READ MORE