The weather has been very wild recently but nothing like last night 10 years ago when this coast was devastated by Tempête Xynthia. Here in La Tranche there were no casualties but in neighbouring towns La Faute and L'Aiguillon 29 people lost their lives in their own homes.
Dreading the worst we awoke next morning to find minimal damage, just one panel of fencing down in our garden. A walk down to the coast told another story.
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| Our first view of the boating lake: there's a suspicious looking gap in the dunes... |
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| ...and a boat not ready to sail any time soon. |
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| Moving towards the jetty, the tarmacked car park is no more... |
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| ...just an extension of the boating lake. |
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| Walking further round we see that the dunes have been breached... |
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| ...with water disappearing fast into the sea. |
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| Further again, another upturned boat... |
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| ...one that's been carried over the fencing by the waves... |
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| ...and a storage container blown to the opposite end of the lake. |
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