{"id":1824,"date":"2014-08-29T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2019-05-14T07:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T21:50:20","slug":"mortagne-s-gironde-ocean-atlantic-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"Mortagne-s-Gironde, France. 2014 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelled : 48 miles to Mortagne-s-Gironde in the Aquiaine Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited : Mortagne-s-Gironde<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed : Mortagne-s-Gironde, aire at the port, all services + electricity and wifi \u20ac7.50, N45.28.550, W00.47.681<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We depart Rochefort after the usual housekeeper issues are dealt with. \u00a0Our English neighbours several days ago recommended a small village on the Gironde and provided the GPS co-ordinates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As usual the GPS tells us it will take an hour, but as usual it takes 90 minutes. \u00a0Anyway as we head south we are surprised by the lack of traffic and suddenly we see why, we are on a toll road. \u00a0Another \u20ac5.80 lesson in making sure the GPS ‘Avoid Tollways’ button is checked. \u00a0Back on the D roads the farmland is changing again. \u00a0We pass kilometres of vineyards only broken by acres of sunflowers now and again. \u00a0Cognac seems to be the local product as we note several cellar stops on the roadside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rod and Julie will remember, as long as no one steps out of a doorway or opens a car door it’s plenty wide enough.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We pass through several villages that appear completely deserted but it’s just the long French lunchtime and everyone is at home watching the soapies. \u00a0Soon enough we drive in Mortagne-s-Gironde, it’s seem to be a reasonable large village spread out along the road. \u00a0Old stone buildings, more traditionally French than we have seen further up the coast. \u00a0The GPS sends us on down the headland to the port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Port of Mortagne-s-Gironde.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Looks pretty good from the pilots chair in the Hymer, Mortagne-s-Gironde.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It’s as pretty as it gets. \u00a0The small port is protected by a lock from the tidal extremes of the Gironde (6 metres). \u00a0It’s about 500 down the channel to the Gironde. \u00a0The Gironde is the water formed by the confluence of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers just north of the city of Bordeaux, it is almost 10 kilometres wide here at Mortagne. \u00a0The aire runs along the quay side and backs onto farm land. \u00a0The other side of quay has some little restaurants and bars. \u00a0The sun is shining we find a spot next to another English couple and settle in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spot our Hymer ?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the evening we stroll the super yachts, I daydream of owning one and Pam daydreams of being able to stand under a hot shower for 10 minutes and wash her hair. \u00a0We have some steak from the market at I’le de Re, so out comes the webber and a couple of beers. \u00a0We may be here a couple of days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Travelled : 48 miles to Mortagne-s-Gironde in the Aquiaine Region Visited : Mortagne-s-Gironde Stayed : Mortagne-s-Gironde, aire at the port, all services + electricity and wifi \u20ac7.50, N45.28.550, W00.47.681 We depart Rochefort after the usual housekeeper issues are dealt with. \u00a0Our English neighbours several days ago recommended a small village on the Gironde and provided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-1824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-french-villages","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1824"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17585,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions\/17585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}