Day 9 - Ile de Re’

Decided a cooked breakfast was in order today as it was a bit damp and miserable but we were still going off in Smartie for a day out. Jon had checked out the map and set the sat nav as he had found an island connected by a 2mile long bridge from La Rochelle. Sounded like a plan, so that’s what we did! Gorgeous little island (or so I thought) as we decided to drive right round it. The first village had a lovely beach, little market stalls and an artisan boulangerie (that’s the bakers for the non French speaking). We walked a while, then back in the car to explore a bit more. Turned out to be quite a big island and we were getting low on petrol with no idea if there were any garages on our route round! Then we spotted one......but it was closed on Thursdays!.......argh!  But our fears were unfounded and we finally (and jubilantly) refilled the petrol tank at another which was open on Thursdays!
At the furthest point on the island was a lighthouse, numerous restaurants and gift shops and a ice cream parlour....cue Jon and Lindsay with a scoop each respectively of Tiramisu and Salted Caramel ice cream......bliss!
Time then to return across the bridge and head back to camp, unfortunately Jon thought we would be paying the toll again and wound down the window in Smartie (the one that was temperamental about shutting again) and you can guess what happened then......
Luckily he was able to fix it when we got back but not before we had managed to find a cafe on the beach where we could park Smartie safely under our watchful eyes and have a drink! 
Sad to say that wasn’t the end of our troubles today as the water system is playing up and we think we might need a new pump! Enough already, pour me another drink!!



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  1. Jo7 July 2018 at 00:21

    ah the challenges of life on the open road :-) sounds like you are having an awesome time. xx

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  2. Unknown7 July 2018 at 13:12

    Sounds like you are having a fantastic time

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