Another miserable day with the weather, another dive.
This time we Drove to Port-des-Barques, we had to pass through Brouage on the way and pulled over in Piédemont, to watch on of the fishing machines working. The fisherman was lowering the net into the sea, waiting a few minuets, then raising it to see if any fish had wandered in. We have seen these all over France but this was the first time we had seen one in use. He caught none while we were there.
On the end of the peninsular there were a few new and repaired fishing machines, last time we were there in 2010, many had been destroyed in a storm. More about them here.
We stopped in Port-des-Barque but every time we got out of the car it rained, so we started to drive back the way we came. There was a sign for fort Lupin, so we followed them only to fine that it is a private residence with nowhere for a photo, as it was wet and the tide was in.
Instead of going straight back to the site, we headed for Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, with the view of Fort du Chapus and while it was raining, popped into Le Terminus, for a beer. We were just looking in the window to see if it was open, when a lady came out to tell us it was.
After the drink we did have a short walk on the pier, before driving back. Did I mention it was a Public Holiday again, well it was and the roads where packed with people retuning home after the long weekend, luckily we knew a way back avoiding the traffic jams.
Day Sixteen or Day Eighteen
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