Brittany 2024

 Tuesday 4th June A photo of our unmowed patch of grass as we were leaving Hirel! Our journey today towards home was to a France Passion (free night) at an auberge (which was fine but not as lovely as the one with the donkeys on our outward journey - so no picture).  It was just south of Vire, so on the way we stopped to have a look around the town.  This isn't a church but a gateway into the town. Flags fluttering from the middle of the central roundabout. We walked steeply down to the River Vire.  Don't know what this building is, but it looks like a monastery. There are several of these towers. This is the ruins of the church of St Thomas Becket (same chap as Thomas a Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury). Wednesday 5th June Continuing our journey today.  I always love to take a photo of this magnificent bridge as we approach it - Le Pont de Normandie. The other carriageway is being resurfaced.  Just as an aside, we've come across quite a lot of roadworks and a few bumpy ro

 Sadly had to leave lovely Binic this morning, but we took the scenic route east, passing through some attractive villages and landscapes.  We stopped in the quiet little village of Pluduno by the sports centre.  No sooner had we poured the drinks, the quiet was shattered by chaps strimming and blowing!  Seems everywhere we go or stay, the powers that be want to mow or strim just where we are!  This has happened at all three of the campsites we've stayed at....  .... then at lunch time we arrived at the spacious place for motorhomes, got as far as our piece of local honey cake, and along comes the mower!  That's him right in the centre of the picture!.  He had to mow round us and several other loungers.   So off we went for our afternoon stroll.  Interesting cloud formation, especially the low line of fluffy clouds - reminds us of New Zealand.  The sea was a long way off but here is a huge area of hard sand where we watched young lads be taught how to land sail. This old moulin

 Saturday 1st June  After shopping and a lazy lunchtime, we decided to take the footpath that took us up above the rocky cliff, following part of the coast path for a while.  Although there were several view points, the trees and bushes were in the way! Eventually we reached the tiny village above our campsite - obviously where the rich live, as the houses are beautiful.  This was my favourite. That's not an animal on this one's lawn, it's a robot lawnmower! Then we came to a picnic spot   and that did have a bit more of a view And yet another house with a lovely garden. But home again for dinner in our garden! Sunday 2nd June The campsite has been busier than usual over the weekend, so we left having a dip in the covered pool till this morning when a lot of families had left.  That was quite refreshing, as was zooming our home church service.  Good to be there as well as here!  Then came lunch and more lazing in the sunshine, but for a bit of activity we thought we'd w

 Thursday 30th May  Today was an interesting day regarding finding a campsite by the coast near St-Brieuc.  We were heading for Les Madieres, but following the road signs to 'camping', we turned a corner on a tiny lane and there was an entrance to a site.  The gate was closed, but we parked outside and walked in to find the reception was all bolted and barred and then saw a sign that said 'closed Thursdays'!!  So we got back in the van and realised that this wasn't Camping Les Madieres after all.  That was a mile or so further on down the lane.  So we turned up there, it looked very attractive and a very nice lady greeted us in reception.  So far so good - but then she told us that as we had arrived at 12.15 (before their opening in the afternoon time of 2.00pm) we would need to pay a supplement of €10 as well as the usual night charge.  We shrugged, but then I said 'we need to use the washing machine' - reply was that it was en panne (out of order)!!!  Need