The Ile de Porquerolles has been high on my agenda to visit for a while. Una, Aidan and Vona tootled over for the day way back in April and I have been looking at it pretty much every day and wondering.. so with a super weather forecast we set off on Saturday morning with our bikes, togs and a picnic. The driver of our boat has clearly not heard about throttling back to save fuel but I guess at the price they charge to hurtle you across the channel they've got plenty of money to burn! Upon arrival we wasted no time and set off due south across the island to the lighhouse which sits high up on some dangerous looking rocky cliffs. The island is 'quite' flat, though I'm sure Una would disagree with my definition of its terrain, and is cris-crossed with dirt tracks. Heres the map of our route for the day.
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Having just made this map I'm amazed there wasn't a big argument yesterday over the actual route. I didn't realise we had covered so much distance! All in all we had an absolutely amazing day, the highlight for me definitely was the swim on Plage d'Argent, after the disappointment of Plage Fay at the Western end of the island, Plage d'Argent was a real treat. Water so clear and a white sandy bottom. What a place, though as usual we were there when there were no crowds - true pauluna style!
All of the photos are here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23725143@N02/
Having just made this map I'm amazed there wasn't a big argument yesterday over the actual route. I didn't realise we had covered so much distance! All in all we had an absolutely amazing day, the highlight for me definitely was the swim on Plage d'Argent, after the disappointment of Plage Fay at the Western end of the island, Plage d'Argent was a real treat. Water so clear and a white sandy bottom. What a place, though as usual we were there when there were no crowds - true pauluna style!
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