Fleur de Sel de l'Île de Ré

I certainly didn't know it at the time but the salt marshes on Il de Re have been producing high quality sea salt for many centuries.

While the draining of the marshes and industrialisation marked the decline in the importance of Il de Re and other salt producing areas, the activity that still exists today through the remaining forty artisan salt farmers on the island.

We passed a number of these salt farmers on a morning bike ride out from Les Portes-de-Re. Must be hard work on a hot day.

[Diana]

A fabulous capture of a hard working lady/person. We have been to Guerande which is also a salt paradise, a tough life for the owners.

[Peter]

Lovely capture full of interesting details, colour and light, looks like hard work out in the sun to me Terry:)

[Karly]

How interesting - a salt farm! Great image of something I would not normally get to see. Thank you!

[Carole G]

Interesting details.. would be hard work in the sun

[Suzanne]

How interesting, I've never really thought much about how we get salt!

[Denise Wood]

Now I know where "the salt of the earth" saying comes from :)

[Graham Harcombe]

Great capture of life in rural France!

[Margo]

Very interesting

[Lou Ann]

Flavored salts are the latest seasoning trend here, and actually a lot of them come from France! This is a great capture.

[Vesna]

Interesting!