In La Rochelle

Came to La Rochelle on Friday 22nd with very little wind and a lively sea left over from the storms. We spent 11 days in Rochefort because of weather and were beginning to think we had taken root.
The Marina is very difficult to get in to and I was very glad to get out without incident. Stressbreaker left the pontoon first and did a magnificent job and it also meant we didn't have to get round his back end so made our job a trifle easier.We managed to extricate ourselves but a stray towed dinghy was not helpful. However turning to the lock Nick almost went down the wrong aisle, it is that complicated and I came very close to falling in our anchor locker as I put fenders away. I had visions of being upside down with my head on the chain and my feet waving in the air and Phil wondering where I had gone. Well perhaps not.It has not been very warm since the high winds and we have heard from the Capitainairie that winds like this are not normal in this season and the last time it was like this was 1970.
We hope to move on from hear to La Sable D'Olonne.
We will not have anchored off d'Aix or visited the Isle d'Oloronne or Isle d'Re but we will come again all being well. We must start to work our way back.