Blogs from Roscoff, Brittany , France, Europe

Tuesday 29th August 2023/ Wednesday 30thAugust 2023 We caught the Pont Aven from Plymouth at 8.00pm on Tuesday 29th August for the overnight crossing to Roscoff. We didn’t bother with a cabin as the ship was docking at 6.30am (5.30am UK time!!) so sleep time was going to be very short anyway!! Watched a fantastic sunset over Plymouth as we left, saw the Harvest Moon come up, went duty free shopping and then watched the Taylor Swift tribute show. Gin and tonic-ed up I dossed on the floor ( I could have had a couchette!!) about 11.00pm and after the baby had gone to sleep, we both managed about 4hrs sleep, before all the lights were turned on at 5.30am and we all duly trooped back to our cars ready for disembarkation at 6.30am!! So there ... read more

We thoroughly enjoyed our 8 days in Camaret, but just after noon on the 9thday we left the marina and joined our friends, Louise and Fons (S/V Aju) who left a little earlier headed to an anchorage about an hour away in Anse de Bertheaume. The reason for this very short hop was to shorten the trip the next day and to make it easier to leave at 2:30AM the next morning, rather than at 1:30AM. The things we do to go with the tide! We had a beautiful sail over to the anchorage – it was so nice we hated to stop, but we also knew that the next day was going to be a long one and we needed to get some sleep before that happened. We have been very fortunate to have Louise ... read more