Iles Chausey

The second night in Granville was a bit  rocky with the swell bashing the boat about even in the marina.  In the morning the weather wasn't great and we were caught in the rain on our way back from the town.  All this did  not bode well for our planned next stop at Iles Chausey, an archipelago of mainly just rocks, with only shelter in settled weather.  We left Granville just as the rain stopped and barely ten minnutes before there wasn't enough water for the sill.  A brisk 7 knot sail took us over in an hour and 1/2, and we picked up a buoy.  The afternoon was lovely and we had a french lunch of good bread, good cheese and good wine whilst sunbathing on the boat.  Later on we explored the rocks, a maze of sandy beaches and weed covered rocks that appear at low water, and then went across to the main island - the sun stayed out until well into the evening so we were glad that we'd left the dinghy high on the beach (there's a range of about 12 m here) so that we could have a drink at the hotel overlooking all the moored boats.  It's beautiful here so we decided to stay another day.