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

We had planned quite a long driving day today to get us down through Normandy to Fougères. This was plan B as original Plan A was Rennes but we had ditched that because we’ve done Rennes before but had forgotten. Last night it rained and rained and everywhere was pretty soaked but by the time we got up it had cleared up and blue sky was trying to break through. We were packed up and ready to leave by 9am, campsite was already paid so we set off in the general direction of South. Bob had spent quite a while the night before planning a non-motorway route. Clarissa Tomtom is a little too eager sometimes to take us down the main dual carriageways when the local main roads will do just as well, so Bob has ... read more

Glorious weather today. Blue sky all day. Wind still pretty evil but not quite as evil as it has been. Bob unloaded the scooter and we found our way up out of the campsite on the single track, very bumpy road then down into Folkestone, along to Sandbanks and on to Hythe. Not far and an easy ride to get us back into the scooter swing of things. We caught the 10.30 train on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. We were in an open carriage so kept our fleeces well zipped as advised by someone getting off who said she was frozen. At New Romney we alighted and visited the impressive model railway exhibition. Then we caught the next train along and stayed on to the end of the line at Dungeness, having crossed the ... read more