We had not done a full circuit of Le Château-d'Oléron fortification walls but we would today. I parked by the harbour where we had last time but just as were getting out of the car, the weather changed for the worse, luckily we hadn't set off. Now dressed in waterproofs we set off in a clockwise direction. First we crossed over the footbridge up onto the ramparts.
It was not far before we had to come down from the ramparts where the main road enters the town and where a new gateway is being built, Porte d'Ors. The weather was not improving, it wasn't raining any more but there was a cold wind. From here we had to follow the outside of the walls, all the way round to the sea. We could have gone up on the walls at the western gate Porte de Dolus, but we had done that part on top last year.
At the sea walls we got back up on top and walked to the sea gate Porte des Pecheurs, from there we continued as far as we could that way. We then headed into the Citadel through the Royal Gate, we had already walked the walls of the Citadel and considering the weather we gave that bit a miss today. We had been looking for somewhere to have our picnic but it was too windy and cold everywhere.
From the Citadel we headed out of the gate to the port and towards the town centre passed the lighthouse. Just after the lighthouse we followed a boardwalk to a shaded seating area close to the tourist information, where several groups of people were eating picnics. We garbed a seat and had ours as well, nearly every one of the people there wished us "bon appétit", very polite.
After lunch we had another look around the shops by the harbour, the walk worked out to be about 2.6 mile or 4.2 kilometres.
With it being a Saturday night, we tried the site bar again but it was no better than the first time, so we only had the one.
Day Fourteen or Day Sixteen
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