Blogs from Brittany , France, Europe - page 12

Left our site at Carantec to travel a bit further West to Cap Horn, just south of Paimpol. We drove along some very pretty Breton countryside with occasional glimpses of the sea as the road went nearer to the coast. Lannion was an interesting town to drive through. Built along a river we were amazed to see the most enormous market along one side. We weren’t held up by it for long but I doubt we would have found anywhere to park if we had planned to stop here. We realised as we were driving along that we were likely to find the campsite shut for lunch if we arrived too early. When we came to Tréguier Bob turned off and into the town and fantastically, but not unusually for France which is motorhome friendly, there ... read more

I was right about the nasty wind and it certainly made itself felt today. It must have been what blew last night’s mist in and left more cloud today than forecast. Not complaining you understand (as we believe the UK is not having good weather) and the sky is beautifully blue most of the time. It did mean we wore an extra layer for scootering today as out of the sun it really can feel quite cold. Poor Bob gets the full force of the chill on the scooter as he is on the front and I’m tucked in cosily behind. He also gets the bites from the insects which fly into him. We went to Locronan first. Again we have visited here before but it is one of the 'most beautiful villages of France' and ... read more

Moving on today. Not far to go, just across the Southern Finistere peninsula from south to north. We got off to a pretty poor start leaving Concarneau as we got stuck behind a wide load, carrying two holiday chalets and so big and long it was having difficulty manoeuvring round the not very big roundabouts. We followed it for several slow miles but we were in no hurry so not a problem and it pulled in to let us and all the other following traffic past at Fouesnant. We avoided Quimper and the dreaded dual carriageways which Clarissa is so fond of and headed for Pont-Croix then due north to just before Douaranez. Our campsite Camping de la Baie de Dourananez, 7 kms from the coast at Poullan sur mer (but it isn’t on the sea ... read more

Not far to drive today, just a short hop along the coast of south Finistere heading West. Keeping shoulders well covered against the sun as yesterday’s unexpectedly brilliant weather has left them a bit tender. We left the campsite and lovely Quiberon at a very leisurely pace and following Clarissa Tomtom’s route we’d reached our next campsite at Les Sable Blanc in Concarneau well before midday. I had been thinking of using a scenic, perhaps coastal route as we had such a short distance to travel but unfortunately Clarissa refuses to understand that many of the dual carriageways in France have been upgraded to almost motorway standard. If they are not actually designated Motorway she does her best to send us along them. Bob hadn’t bothered to plan the route as it was so short so ... read more

Set off at a leisurely pace again today as we’re in holiday chill mode. We went first of all to the ferry terminal in Quiberon centre and booked return tickets for tomorrow for 2 adults and a scooter to visit Belle Ile en Mer. Back on the scooter we rode along the Cote Sauvage, the western side of the peninsula. We stopped for coffee at Le Vivier, which we’ve walked to before from the aire a kilometre further along, and walked across the rocky outcrop, as everyone else was doing, just because it is there and because we could. We drove right along the coast stopping in a couple of places to stroll along the clifftops. Spotted two families of gulls with fluffy babies and wondered how many of the little balls of fluff fall to ... read more