Another grande marée (super high tide) this morning at 9.30-ish (coefficient 116 for those who follow these things) and, in the top photo, le Mont-St-Michel was an island again. In the middle photo you can see the approach to le Mont via the causeway which runs to the entrance... and the ranks of spectators to the point that the causeway is engulfed by water. The dots on the water between the causeway and the Mont are probably people on paddle boards - we regularly see them in use and they look fun... providing you have both balance, fitness, and a keen sense of tides and hidden currents.
The bottom photo was taken back in August when there were many guided bay walks, traversing the sands on foot. Each of the groups between the Mont and the camera are people crossing back back at low tide. The walkers are generally accompanied by a certified guide in order to safely avoid the areas of quicksand where the unwary can get stuck. Getting stuck doesn’t mean you sink in a Grimpen Mire Hound of the Baskervilles sort of way, but if you can’t get free, the incoming tide is fast, deep and most unforgiving of errors.
Still, there are plenty of guides and some of them speak English if your French is not so good and - usefully - these guides usually know a lot about the local flora and fauna too so it’s an informative as well as stunning walk.
