{"id":374,"date":"2011-10-26T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=374"},"modified":"2018-12-12T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:15:26","slug":"oysters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/oysters\/","title":{"rendered":"Oysters on the Ile D&#8217;Oleron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wpid-IMAG0223.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wpid-IMAG0224.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wpid-IMAG0225.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wpid-IMAG0228.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well if you&#8217;re going to try your first oyster in life you can&#8217;t do much worse than one you picked yourself off the beach!<\/p>\n<p>It rained on and off all night, at one point it was as if someone had a hammer on the roof. As we&#8217;d already decided to stay in Saint-Denis for two nights (with electricity and water for 8euro we&#8217;d be foolish not to) we had a lie in and got up around 10, instead of our usual 9 &#8211; 9.30.<\/p>\n<p>After brekkie we set off for a walk along the beach. The tide was way out and there were quite a few people spread out either collecting oysters or dragging nets in the huge rock pools for shrimp. We wandered out across the rocks and couldn&#8217;t believe how many oysters there were, almost all of the floor was covered in them. A couple of kicks with our shoes confirmed just how well stuck on they were, but this didn&#8217;t stop J in his quest for free food!<\/p>\n<p>After a bit of &#8216;persuasion&#8217; a couple of the oysters came free, one was already cracked but the second one was intact. We walked a few more miles as we hadn&#8217;t realised just how far away the lighthouse was we were headed for, and when we made it back to Dave and J got onto the internet to see what to do. Seems you can cook them, or just eat them raw &#8211; so he did. After shucking it open, he scoffed it. The verdict &#8211; salty snot type stuff. Still it does mean we won&#8217;t have to get up early tomorrow to collect any more.<br \/>\nThis afternoon has been hot showers all round, a nice change from rain ones, including the salty pooch. He wasn&#8217;t very happy, but seems to be appeased with his new fur dryer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well if you&#8217;re going to try your first oyster in life you can&#8217;t do much worse than one you picked yourself off the beach! It rained on and off all night, at one point it was as if someone had a hammer on the roof. 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