We left Redon on the 6th after accompanying Biddy
to Nantes on the train. Nantes has a lovely Cathedral, it took 350years to build and was largely destroyed by fire and
then rebuilt in the 1970’s. The castle, built by the last Duke of Brittany is
also pretty impressive.
Our evening motor down river was lovely, we just made the
last opening of the road swing bridge, so had the river to ourselves and we
able to drop the anchor overnight in the knowledge that no-one else would come
by. By contrast the next morning was dire, heavy rain all the way down to the
barrage and lock, where we planned to visit a marina to do some washing. At
least the rain stopped by the afternoon when we went through the lock and had
an evening sail back to our least to our least favourite place, Pornichet – but it an all tide marina and
south !
Dave spent the morning sail mending, after 8 weeks sailing a
few stiches were required before we set off for one of the places everyone had
raved about, Pornic. Just another very pretty river port, what can you say?
After a miserable wet and windless 30 mile motor, (supposed to
be force 4, didn’t happen), we are now in Port Joinville on the Isle d’Yeu and have spent the day cycling round the
island dodging yesterday’s puddles. The island is almost completely unspoilt;
you can cycle on unmade roads right round the island, birds and wild flowers
everywhere. Belle Isle is supposed to be the most beautiful island off the
French coast but we disagree.
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| the castle at Nantes |
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| The factory which used to make "Petite Beurre" biscuits. (Wendy used to eat them!) |
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| Sunset on the Vilaine, just us and a couple of fishermen. |
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| Sail mending |
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| Sailing south of the Loire in June. The weather here is not all its made out to be! |
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| Wendy liked these upmarket holiday huts on the Isle d'Yeu. |
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