Last night it was so peaceful and quite in the marina that we both slept like logs – made a nice change from being squashed onto the pontoon at Pornichet where I had been sleeping (well trying) at an angle of about 15 degrees and listening to fenders squeaking away all night

Duly refreshed we made an early start, and decided that we would go for a good walk rather than get the bikes out as I didn’t really fancy cycling on the roads, and needed to stretch my legs. I needn’t have concerned about the traffic, because there are plenty of cycle tracks criss crossing the island, and in truth the roads have very few cars on them once out of town.

Here is a shot from one of the beaches at low water looking back to the harbour, where a cruise ship had dropped anchor.

There are countless lovely properties nestled back in their own grounds, and lots of really clean quiet beaches. Some of these beaches have trees reaching down almost to the sand line, which would be a blessed relief from the sun during the height of summer. It is simply the best place we have visited thus far. All we heard while out for hours walking was birds chirping away in the trees and the odd cyclist on the paths………….simply lovely and really good for the soul.

By the time we got back this afternoon the sun was getting pretty hot – you can probably tell that from the colour of the sky in this shot.