Euro Tour Part 3

So then we rocked up to a nice campsite to chill out for a few days, the weather was good but occasionally cold, being on the Atlantic coast it was to be expected. Rain was coming in on the Saturday and the temperature was getting cooler so we decided to make a move to a Chateau in  Moreilles just north of La Rochelle in a national park region. After 4 days camping and cooking for ourselves mainly it was a welcome respite from getting in and out of a tent, to get there we had to get a ferry to Royan just north of where we were, unlike Calmac the ferry was very efficient but it seems to go quite fast and there is no faffing about at the turnaround , they don't tie the bikes down and it was quite choppy so the deckhand said we should hold onto the bikes, Fi had to visit the facilities and meanwhile I was holding both bikes to stop them falling over, the ferry only takes around half an hour but I was very glad when we docked in Royan, the gangplank was moving when we got off, reminded me of the Ferry to Sicily! 

The Chateau was excellent, an old Abbey owned by an elderly French lady and her son, the service was great and the whole experience very French including candlelight dinner, we spent a wonderful two nights there and despite the rain managed a wee walk round the small village on the Sunday!

  

Deserted Beach (well almost)

Bikes at rest

Us at rest

Fiona getting organised

Ferry queue again

Fast Ferry, no Faffing

Very Cool Caravan (if there is such a thing...)

Sun came out so we brewed up a cuppa in this carpark

Part of the Chateau Garden

Parking under shelter

Cool, old cart in amongst the log shed

This was saved from when the monks lived here, we were told it was haunted but after some wine we slept well enough

The main building, we were in the servants quarters round the back as you would expect 

Note Waterproofs on at the gate

Church

We saw this all over France, seemingly its part of the farmers protest turning the signs upside down 

And thats all for just now, plenty more to come, just as well because the weather here isn't great for anything apart from growing weeds at the moment.......