Conveyed

One of the best things about flying with Ryanair is that they fly into dinky, old-fashioned airports like La Rochelle. It's been a long day, travelling to our holiday destination: Edinburgh to Stansted, Stansted to La Rochelle, then a hire car to a gîte near St Just Luzac.

After we dump our stuff, we try to find a meal in the nearby town of Marennes. We fail dismally: it seems like there's no demand for a restaurant after 8.30 on a Saturday night.