Goodbye St. Martin

We had a lovely week on the Ile de Re.  Caught the bus to various places on the island; another video to come. Met up with two other British boats that were planning to sail direct to Gijon from La Rochelle. Had a nice evening with them before they sailed off.

I went up the tower in the town that the beginning of this video is shot from. Lots of history and the most humbling for me was stumbling on a British War grave. A sad reminder of the young men and women who died for the peace we have today.

There were just a handful of graves but ironically 2 of them were army lads from the Royal Army Service Corps that my Dad had served in during the war.

Someone had been good enough to put a wreath on the plot and another irony was that it was from the Royal Air Force Association that my school friend Graham, is a volunteer for and a key association of the RAF that we both served in.

I can understand how the RAF guys lost their lives here, but less sure why the RASC would be here.

Below is a short video on our trip to La Rochelle and our journey but coach back to Les Sables to pick up the car.