CONCARNEAU
Arrived into Concarneau in Breton Konk Kerne in English means ‘Bay of Cornwall’, found the ‘Aire’ handbrake on, all locked up, off we set on a lovely scenic walk along the harbour to the foot ferry, wow what a way to arrive, it takes you across the harbour entrance on the ‘Lanriec’ passage, the crossing is 200 metres & is the “smallest world cruise” trip lasts 5 minutes!!! Great fun & quick way to enter the city. It’s a quaint old fortified town on a long island in the centre of a harbour, very beautiful, you can walk along the ramparts with some spectacular views, the town made its living from the fishing industry for hundreds of years & still to this day 100,000 tonnes of tuna are caught just remember this when your tucking into your tuna mayo buttie!!! Narrow streets filled with shops & restaurants, time for lunch, you’ve got to be on the ball here for lunch as it starts at midday & finishes at 2-2.30, just realised that its now 2.15, race on, found a lovely restaurant tucked around the end of a narrow lane, devoured sardines, salad & a bottle of local rose, bliss. Back on the foot ferry, decided that we wanted to stay a little longer as we’re enjoying it so much or could it off been the rose?? Found a great campsite ‘Camping du Moulin D’aurore’, just down the road from the Aire, when enquiring with the receptionist who ladies looked like a French version of Tom Cruise! Said there was a deal on as it’s out of season now, you can imagine Tony he was practically hugging the poor guy!!!
Fantastic market on Friday bought loads of stuff for the bar-b-q, just relaxed & enjoyed our stay tremendously.
CONCARNEAU
WALK INTO CONCARNEAU
FOOT FERRY
CAMPSITE
Tripped onto Pont L’Abbe it’s between the ‘Odet’ river & bay of Audierne, found an incredible spot right on the estuary, had a pleasant walk along the towpath, beautiful landscapes shaped by the tides well worth doing. Back to Snuggly for prawns & rose whilst watching the tide ebb & flow up & down the estuary fantastic site, really tired as we’ve driven 12 miles today!!
Hugging the rugged scenic coast road taking in Loctudy,a Welsh flag caught my eye this town is twinned with Fishguard, the impressive light house in Penmarch, up to Raz Point, this is like Lands End & John O’Groats a bit commercial for us but still very beautiful, very dramatic, crashing waves and strong winds, in the distance you can see 2 lighthouses & the Island de Sein, the famous ‘Ar Men’ lighthouse which is the best-known and the furthest from the French coast, a triumph of engineering that took 34 years to build, a beautiful statue ‘Our Lady of the Drowned Souls’ keeps watch over the water, worth making the effort. Found another lovely spot oh so we thought until we got infested with ninja mozzies, I was up most of the night zapping them with Tony snoring beside me, managed to get a couple of hours sleep, woke up to elephant man sleeping beside me, the mozzies had attacked his face, poor thing.
Onto Douarnenez located in the mouth of the Pouldavid river an estuary on the southern shore of Douarnenez Bay, another picturesque town, here comes a factoid: the town is linked to the legend of Tristan & Iseult from the times of King Arthur! Looking for a place for lunch fell upon L’Athanor restaurant www.l-athanor.com last table available, what a find OTT decoration, very flamboyant with an exceptionally friendly host, my word it had the food to back it up, a must visit, lush! We’re looking for a spot for the night, found a quiet place in Plonevez Porzay, just had a paddle, lovely.
PENMARC’H
BREAKING THE RULES!!
AUDIERNE
OH NOT AGAIN!
PERKY!
PORS LOUBOUS
COASTAL WALK GR34
‘OUR LADY OF THE DROWNED SOULS’
POINT RAZ
DOUARNENEZ
FANTASTIC RESTAURANT
PLONEVEZ PORZAY
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