trying to glimpse the beach 6-10
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pines inland of beach on Ile de Ré (image from Street View)
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map showing distance travelled (map from Google Earth)
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Biking from one town to the next on Ile de Ré, I know the beach and the ocean are just ‘over there’, but a berm, a dune and a sea-wall prevent any good views …
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road along beach near Le Martray on Ile de Ré – beach is across the berm to the right (image from Street View)
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Once in a while, I catch a glimpse of the beach through a private yard …
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glimpse of beach (image from Street View)
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On the right side of the road, facing inland, I have excellent views of the salt marsh …
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salt marsh (image from Street View)
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A large area of these marshes are dedicated to producing salt …
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map showing rectangular salt reclaiming areas (map from Google Earth)
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I also see the extensive vineyards I have encountered elsewhere on the island …
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rows of vines in vineyards near Ars-en-Ré (image from Street View)
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Best View: grapes ripe on the vine …
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‘grapes’ June 5, 2013 Jane Tims
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Copyright Jane Tims 2013
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Once again, I love your Best View. I also like the pines in the first street view. The Google people passed us on the road yesterday. I wonder if we showed up on a street view?
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Robin
July 15, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Hi Robin. Awesome. Perhaps I’ll get to ‘talk’ to you on one of my virtual conversations. I wonder what you’ll say!!!! 🙂 Jane
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jane tims
July 15, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Thank goodness you’re virtual biking! It looked like an awfully lot of traffic on a narrow road in the one picture–and I’d worry if you were actually on that road.
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Sheryl
July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am
Hi. You are absolutely right. In general, the ‘traffic’ hasn’t been bad – probably since I took back roads and Street View photographs in the early morning. But the traffic on Ile de Re has been noticeably busy. Jane
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jane tims
July 3, 2013 at 9:24 am