Nick_H
Well-Known Member
We had glorious weather last week in SoF, no wind, no clouds, and flat seas, so we took a trip west of Antibes.
Heading out to sea:
Passed St Tropez on the way
Port Grimaud was built from scratch on marshland in the 1970's, but made to look like it had developed piecemeal over 100 years or more. It's Venice meets Provencal France, and each house is different in style from the one next to it, even the roof lines are staggered to add to the effect. The easiest way to get round is by the canals, so we had a great evening going from cafe to cafe by tender.
Most of the houses have berths attached to them, so if you want to upstage the neighbours then how about a Princess V65 out the back of your two up, two down?
Not like this Wally ...
Having spent two nights in PG, we then headed about 40 miles further west to the Isles d'Hyeres (commonly referred to as the Porquerolles, or the pork rolls as SWMBO now calls them), stopping first at Port Cros on the aptly named Isle de Port Cros. We tried to stay here last year, and had to bail for the shelter of the mainland as a full on Mistral took hold. It seemed altogether more inviting this time round:
We stayed for a couple of nights, hell as it was to wake up to this each morning.
There are great walks on the island, but to be honest that seemed like too much exertion, so we just swam, ate, drunk, sunbathed, and fed the fish. After two days we left Port Cros
and headed to the next island, the Isle de Pork Rolls, and anchored up at the SoF version of Studland:
All too soon we had to head back up the coast, fighting our ways through seas like this the whole way
leaving the islands in our wake ..
finally returning to Port Vauban in Antibes. To put these boats into perspective, the second boat in from the left is a Sunseeker 105.
Heading out to sea:
Passed St Tropez on the way
Port Grimaud was built from scratch on marshland in the 1970's, but made to look like it had developed piecemeal over 100 years or more. It's Venice meets Provencal France, and each house is different in style from the one next to it, even the roof lines are staggered to add to the effect. The easiest way to get round is by the canals, so we had a great evening going from cafe to cafe by tender.
Most of the houses have berths attached to them, so if you want to upstage the neighbours then how about a Princess V65 out the back of your two up, two down?
Not like this Wally ...
Having spent two nights in PG, we then headed about 40 miles further west to the Isles d'Hyeres (commonly referred to as the Porquerolles, or the pork rolls as SWMBO now calls them), stopping first at Port Cros on the aptly named Isle de Port Cros. We tried to stay here last year, and had to bail for the shelter of the mainland as a full on Mistral took hold. It seemed altogether more inviting this time round:
We stayed for a couple of nights, hell as it was to wake up to this each morning.
There are great walks on the island, but to be honest that seemed like too much exertion, so we just swam, ate, drunk, sunbathed, and fed the fish. After two days we left Port Cros
and headed to the next island, the Isle de Pork Rolls, and anchored up at the SoF version of Studland:
All too soon we had to head back up the coast, fighting our ways through seas like this the whole way
leaving the islands in our wake ..
finally returning to Port Vauban in Antibes. To put these boats into perspective, the second boat in from the left is a Sunseeker 105.
