The Final Chapter!

 

This is the beach at Louguivy de la Mer, just a bit further to the west than the Ile de Brehat  where it was a bit touristy, so we didn't take a trip over to the island. We spent the afternoon on the beach and then found an overnight stop on the river at Lezardrieux. Chris and I went off exploring on our bikes and found a great little camping spot nearby for the next night.

 

The next day was very hot so we dozed on the beach at Sillon de Talbert, a huge long shingle spit. The tide was so far out that none of us could be bothered to swim, we ate ice creams instead! That evening we returned to the freebie camping spot we'd found and barbecued our dinner.

 

 

We were right on the water's edge and had the place to ourselves, and it was another freebie!

        At Ploumanach we saw enormous smooth, pink granite boulders in all shapes and sizes. It was a very different scene, but very picturesque. Dave swam off the rocks near the lighthouse in the waves.

 

We had lunch in a Creperie in Tregastel on Saturday, and then Chris and Lin headed off towards Roscoff.  For various reasons Dave and I have decided to return to England a few weeks earlier than planned, so we set off for St. Malo. We met up with Paul, my brother and some of his friends in Cancale on Sunday morning for coffee and the final 'pain au chocolats' of the trip.

 

At noon on Monday 7th July we boarded the ferry from St. Malo to Poole. Neither of us really queried the journey time, so were surprised, yet quite pleased to find we had a three hour stop-over in Guernsey. That was enough time to do a whistle-stop tour of the island although we were totally unprepared. We had no map of the island, the sat nav didn't register. We had no English money, got confused having to suddenly drive on the left, and didn't know if the island was on French or English time!

Anyway, we finally arrived in Poole, had fish and chips on the quay, and set homeward bound to Ringwood.

 

By October we'll be needing a holiday, so the plan is to have ' a final fling'. We'll fly back down to Kefalonia, and drive back leisurely via a route that hasn't yet been planned.

Until then, this will be the final blog. Thanks for reading it and sharing our big adventure!!

 

 

The Brittany coast

Leaving Limoges and heading north we found a lovely town with a chateau called Montreuil Bellay. It was good for a ( free) overnight stop on the banks of the river.

The next day we continued on to Dinan, and found another free camping aire under the huge viaduct which runs over the river. We enjoyed great views and were well placed to explore the old, cobbled medieval town centre.

On Saturday we met up with Chris and Lin on the beach at Erquy.

 Beautiful, vast, spotlessly clean sandy coves bordered by jagged, rocky coastlines. On Sunday we explored Cap Frehel and the light house. Great climbing down to the water's edge.

Monday 30th June ... Happy birthday to me!! We cycled along the coast path back into Erquy and found a great little restaurant on the harbour front. I had moules frites which were delicious, and everyone else ate well too. That evening we had an impromptu cheese and wine party. It is still light until at least 10.45pm in the evenings.
We followed the 'Circuit des Falaises' around the coastline. The sea scape is interesting with hundreds of rocky islets everywhere you look.
At Paimpol we were the only people on the campsite. There was a crazy golf course there but no-one to lend us any equipment so we improvised with a potato and a golf umbrella! When the potato didn't roll through the holes and tunnels you had to use your best snooker skills instead!

Good fun, and I was the crazy golf Champ!! Will continue round the next headland tomorrow.