Beautiful Belle Ile

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Sauzon - Picked up a buoy outside this lovely little place on the north east of Belle Ile. Could go inside as the inner harbour virtually dries out at low tide. 




Full of character and charm, if not much water and certainly introduced us to a new way to use your tender!


Second day not so sunny - in fact poured with rain but in true British spirit we made the best of it and caught a bus into La Palais the main town and ferry port, so we got to see a bit of the island. Headed off the next day as wind direction changed making our mooring untenable.

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