La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime

After using the services on the aire after breakfast we got on the road with a stop at Super U at L'Aiguillon sur Mer to get bread and change our €50 notes into smaller currency for use in small village stores.
Then it was goodbye to Vendée as we crossed into Charente-Maritime.
Our stopover today is in La Rochelle. Instead of venturing into the big town we had a long walk to the beach at Chef de la Baie. The peripheral walk overlooks 2 historic monuments; the battery and the Tour Carrée (Square Tower). Its a beautiful coastal walk, some parts were briefly diverted because of erosion.
Our walk was in beautiful sunny weather.
Our water pump broke tonight (while I was washing up!), we had the same thing happen a couple of years ago and since then we've carried a spare, great decision because having no water is a game changer! It only took Tim a few minutes to fix....very grateful that he is so handy!Read more