Day 17

Mileage 53 miles.  85 km Total  miles 499  ( 798 km) St Jean-de-Monts to Pornic.  Set off early, for us, aiming at Pornic. Early route was lovely through forest and away from the roads. Almost had a repeat of the You tube incident where a lad got hit by a animal. In our case it was a deer and it missed, just. Although pleasant riding it is slower than roads. When we got to Ile de Noirmoutier the route seemed to vanish. We found no alternative other than going on the main road for a while. Not pleasant at all. Soon found a small road that suddenly had signs for La Velodessee. It had also started to rain. This last part of the Vendee was very flat, very windy and very wet.  We made a mistake and ended up doing a circle. Not good in increasingly heavy rain. Another bit of main road before we found the route along the coast to Pornic. This would be very pleasant on a dry and warm day. Eventually came into the pleasant harbour, crossed the bridge and found a hotel, Les Sablons