Kris Fordham

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kris Fordham |Sarah Leigh Bannerman

There’s something decidedly glorious about bumping along a eucalyptus-lined dusty red dirt trail on a rented bicycle, knowing that certain things about Porquerolles—a small island off the coast of Hyères—never change, beginning with the pristine beaches. I’ve visited countless times over the past three decades, and this favorite swimming spot, Plage Notre-Dame, remains a high Technicolor experience with a soundtrack of grinding cicadas.