[](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo-12.jpg “”) [](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo-22.jpg “”) [](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo-31.jpg “”) The main port was surrounded by colourful shacks containing also sorts of industry, from fishing to
Le Chateau-de-Oléron
[](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo13.jpg “”) Impressive fortified port and town on Oléron, the area has long had great value as a trading and fishing port.
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Life’s a Beach
A couple of images from the beach on the île-de-Oléron, another island off the West coast of France. We drove down here during th course
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Love Letters on the Beach?
[](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo12.jpg “”) I can’t quite make out what this says, let alone translate it, so wonder if anyone can make a suggestion. This was
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The Arse End of Somewhere
Finally got around to finding an Internet connection that let me get some work out of the way. Had to go and sit in the
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Nothing Like Kicking a Man When He’s Down
> David Cameron says the turmoil in Europe provides scope for the UK to “refashion†its relationship with Brussels and reclaim some powers in future.
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Harbour Shot
[](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo10.jpg “St. Martin de Ré Harbour, île de Ré”) Don’t
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Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
Something of a slog getting to the île de Ré, misleading TomTom satnav directions and slightly dodgy campsites.
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Our Pitch for the Night
[](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo7.jpg “”) Alas, no electricity here, and we’ve only got 50% in the battery. Need to find a campsite with Internet tomorrow so that
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At Last, Cycling in France
[](http://davemeehan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo8.jpg “”) I know, I know, second time this year for me! And on the same bit of cycle path (Eurovelo 6). Oh and
