Saint Michel church in Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef

Today is a rest day from touring so we went for a bike ride... We went down along the coastline to the port of Pornic, which we visited in 2012 on a previous holiday

After a short while we came across the memorial for the HMT Lancastria, a British troop ship that was sunk during the retreat from France in 1940 with massive loss of life. The number of people killed is officially unknown, but reliable estimates put the loss of life anywhere between four and eight thousand. It is the single greatest British loss of life at sea ever and one of the worst military disasters in British history. During the war it was hushed up as it was thought that such bad news would be bad for moral. See extra pictures.

When we arrived in Pornic we had a look round, the place was buzzing with activity and we had a very nice serving of ice cream, which I justified as it was rather hot and the bike ride was long.
After we had a good look round the town, we cycled back to our camp, having another look at the ever busy Saint-Michel biscuit and cake shop! Today's blip is the church in Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef as seen from outside the biscuit shop.

Tomorrow we cycle back though Pornic on our way to our next stage.