Welcome to Brittany - Our time in Camaret July 4 - July 13, 2013

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July 13th 2013

Published: July 24th 2013

Camaret is the perfect landfall – not too large of a town, but large enough to have all that is needed – nice restaurants, a good grocery store, lots of places to hike and bike, and a couple of buses to take you to nearby towns. But most importantly it looks and feels so different from Spain and Portugal. It is located in Brittany, France and is a semi-autonomous cultural region located in nor... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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The Battle of the Atlantic Musuem

The museum is located in an old bunker and you are able to walk around the grounds where the Germans had built an installation to protect the submarine base in Brest.

Still Baffled

Historians are still baffled about the reason the megaliths were put up and the pattern that was used – this is one located near Camaret, but there are numerous others located throughout this area of Brittany.

Memorial to Free Britons

This is the Monument to the Bretons of Free France, known as the Cross of Pen-Hir and inaugurated by General Charles de Gaulle in 1960

Destroyed in WWII

The French poet, Saint-Pol-Roux lived in this home in Camaret until the germans killed him and his daughter in 1940. The house was bombed out by the Allies in 1944 – it must have been magnificent as you can see in the photos.

The Inner Harbor

There is an inner and outer harbor in Camaret. We are in the outer harbor as it is much deeper and safer to enter. The inner harbor is used mainly for local residences, but a few visiting yachts do visit as well.

Beaches and Bunkers

An interesting juxtaposition of the peaceful beach and the bunker left over from the war.

Stark Shoreline

You can see that some of the coastline is quite stark and barren as noticed behind this traditional sailboat coming into Camaret.

Always Some Color

No matter how grey the rocks are you can always find some color with the various flowers growing here.

The Need for Good Navigation

These were a few of the “rocks” that we could not see when we arrived due to the fog – we were happy to have a chartplotter that kept us away from these!

Beach Here & Then It's Gone!

Notice the difference in this beach – in the top left the beach is gone completely, then a small beach, a larger one and then the bottom right shows how large a beach you get with a 18-20 foot tide.

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Inner Harbor

A different view of the graveyard for fishing boats – note how far out of the water they are here, but at times they are partially in the water when it is high tide.

Low Tide

An Overview of the Harbor

Looking over the bay toward the village of Camaret where we have been staying.

A Few Views from A Bike Ride

A few scenes we saw while on our bike today – beautiful views of the bay, hay bales in the fields, & “some guy” riding in front of me!

A Rocky Beach

There have been some beautiful sandy beaches, this one was a rocky one, but still enjoyable to explore.

Remains of Forts Everywhere

This harbor was well protected by various forts as you can see the remains of them on the hills here.

View as we were leaving

Last look back at Camaret as we were leaving to go to Roscoff, France.

Last Scene of Lighthouse Near Camaret

As we were sailing away from Camaret & we were able to look back & get a look at the lighthouse near the point.

28th July 2013

Lynn
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Hi, Good to hear from you and as always thanks for sharing your journey. Have safe travel and keep in touch when you can!

29th July 2013

Pablo de Castro
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Improving North
Great to see you are improving North so well! Extraordinary pictures, extraordinary Brittany...extraordinary tidal range!! Thank you for blogging your experience. All the best from Cangas (ES). Pablo de Castro www.mardepormedio.es

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