France 2009, Day Ten

Day ten 15th June

Mick and Bren's last day before there long drive back north to Belgium, for the ferry home. So we made a picnic and set of for a drive. Our first stop was at the marina at Pornic, the weather was dull but we had a walk around anyway then drove into Pornic town. There we walked along the river through the town, eventually the sun came out and we made our way back to the car, found a seat facing the river and had our picnic lunch.

After lunch we had a drive along the coast and found a lovely little secluded beach, at Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer. We parked in a lay-by on top of the cliff and walked down a path that we though lead the beach but it actually lead to a small shrine dug into the side of the cliff. We had to climb all the way back up and find the right way down but it was worth it for such a nice beach.

After a plodge in the sea we made our back to the car and continued along the coast hading back towards the site. Our next stop was Pointe de Saint-Gildas, where we had a short walk to the lighthouse and then had the obligatory beer or two.

After that we went shopping for Mick and Bren to get stuff for them to take home and some food for a last BBQ together. After super it was an early night as Mick and Bren had a 500 mile drive back to the port of Zeebrugge in the morning.