Hermione ready for trip to the Med

Flag flying high, the replica 18th century frigate Hermione enters La Rochelle on the first stage of a voyage round the French and Iberian coasts and into the Mediterranean.

From there she heads to Tangiers to arrive on March 9 and leaves four days later for Barcelona.

On March 27 she is at Sète, then April 5 at Toulon, April 10 La Ciotat and April 12 Marseille.