Another fine sunny day
and we managed to get away reasonably early for our 2 hour run up to
La Rochelle. The route today took us along the “D” roads through
some pretty Charente villages – and this time there were actually
people about! Up to now French villages we've passed through have
appeared to be deserted but today was a nice change. We also
encountered several examples of “roundabout art”.
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| Charente is famous for its snails |
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| Got some nice beaches too |
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| Moules Marinere anyone? |
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| It's an aeroplane |
The larder was
beginning to look a bit empty so a priority was a serious shop and
Gary, the owner of Twin Lakes, told us about a new large Carrefour on
the outskirts of La Rochelle. Pity he didn't mention it was poorly
signposted too as we were past it before we found the turnoff so a
little bit of backtracking was required. Never mind, got there in the
end and after walking Jamie got stuck in to an hours trolley filling.
Then time for a late lunch and then topping off the gas and fuel
tanks as it was convenient.
The books indicated
there were a couple of aires convenient for the town so we programmed
the first into TomTom, said to be a 10 min walk from the centre and
free! Which was probably why it was full! The second was attached to
a Park and Ride in the Old Port so another reprogramming took us
through several narrow back streets and we found a pleasant open
space with plenty of room. Okay it's costing €10 per night but that
includes all facilities and free buses into and out of the town.
It now being quite late
we decided to leave visiting until the morning and spend a quiet
evening here, disturbed every now and again by a voluble announcer in
the nearby rail station with an annoying ringbingbong. Can't see why
she has to make so many announcements, there's only one train an
hour!
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