21/09/09

Day 13 – September 21
Peter will be glad to see the back of Brittany! The direction signs translated into Breton are enough of a problem on their own, but the Bretons also seem to be on a mission to see how many towns they can name with the prefix “Plou…” – there are hundreds, and it’s very confusing when you are trying to identify where you are from a map!
The weather this morning had changed back again and the cloud was so thick and low it seemed like fog. Being so close to the sea we thought it could be a sea fret, but by 10.00am it was showing no signs of lifting so we decided to move on. We were initially going to stay on a site at Carnac just a few kilometres along the coast, but it was still grey when we reached there so we pressed on.
We stopped off in Carnac to buy our now essential pain chocolat and croissants for breakfast and stopped by a beach to eat them with hot strong coffee – lovely!
As we were in the vicinity of Locmariaquer we made a slight detour to visit the megaliths here which date to 5000BC, mainly because we thought we should! The structures are truly impressive, a range of burial mounds and standing stones and like our own Stonehenge the mystery lies in how and why?
Whilst we were there we met an English couple who we had encountered earlier at our breakfast stop. They also have a Hymer, which is always a conversation starter! It turned out that they have been over here for six months running a Keycamp site in northern Brittany and having just finished are now treating themselves to a holiday before returning to the UK. It was very interesting talking to them and certainly gave us food for thought for the future.
Our onward journey took us through St Trinite sur Mer, a very fashionable resort with the sailing fraternity, with so many yachts in the marina Peter likened their masts to a forest!
Having finally decided to head further south we find ourselves on a site at La Baule. This afternoon has been hot and sunny, so if this continues we may stay another night and enjoy a day on the beach tomorrow. Whatever we decide, being on a site gives you chance to do a few chores, get the washing done (madly exciting!) and generally sit out and relax a little more than is possible on an aire.
We particularly enjoyed Brittany for its fantastic rugged coastline, as you will have gathered from our previous posts, but we need more sun!
I realise that a lot of our posts must sound very similar now – I hope you aren’t bored by them – apologies if you are!