3rd September
3rd September
And now we are officially NOT at work!!! Term started on 1st September without us…can you believe it!! So we just had to have a Moet breakfast followed by a beautiful walk along the cliff tops and a lazy afternoon on the beach…such is life!!!
We have now passed Brest. This is quite significant in a number of ways…
It gets warmer!!! Paul kept telling us that it would be 5 degrees warmer south of Brest and it really does!! When it’s sunny it’s really warm, right into the evening, but even grey days are warm - certainly too warm for anything more than shorts and t-shirt! We are not complaining!!!
We have come through the Chanel du Four! This is a serious bit of navigation with very strong tides, big seas [even on calm days] and lots and lots of rocks! Hopefully msn pictures will show some of the rocks we have negotiated - freaky!! In fact we came through the Chanel du Four in perfect weather. It got a bit hazy but we could see Ushant through the mist and had no problems, thank goodness.
We are now heading south rather than west - good for moral!!
We are really in Biscay! It’s got it’s own kind of aura - I think that I have read too many yachting-horror stories.
Since leaving Treburden we have been into the Morlaix river, L’Aberwrach, Cameret and Morgat. The next significant passage is through the Raz de Sein.
We found a lovely anchorage in Morlaix. We were able to go exploring in the dinghy - visiting rocky islands, one of which had a castle and another a really old light house.
From there we went to the marina at L’Aberwrach - a peaceful spot where we could sit on the boat and watch Egrets and Guillemots. On the way along the coast we spotted some birds which at first glance were like House martins, only much too big and in the wrong place!! They turned out to be Storm Petrels - don’t think we’ve seen them before! Our friends from Surfleet, Andy and Mandy, have a house in Brittany and invited us to see them. Andy had a bit of an epic journey to come and collect us [thanks Andy] and then when we got to their house Mandy had a wonderful table all set up in the garden under the gazebo with a full roast Sunday dinner!!! [thanks Mandy!] we felt like royalty!! Then we stayed the night,, sleeping in a bed that didn’t roll! The next morning started with a full English breakfast, again in the garden - it was so good! They then came back to the boat with us and we anchored off a little island where we had a barbacue on the beach. It really was a wonderful couple of days!!
Cameret is a lovely little place. The cliffs and little bays make it seem quite like Cornwall. While walking along the spectacular cliff tops we saw a big butterfly - Paul skipped after it with his camera, not a net, and got a fantastic picture - it was swallow tail!! Another first.
And to continue the French supermarket thing….in Cameret there is a supermarket called Huit a 8 [8 til 8]…it opens at 8.30 closes at 7.30 and is closed for lunch from 12.30 to 2.30!! Something not right, methinks….
And now we are officially NOT at work!!! Term started on 1st September without us…can you believe it!! So we just had to have a Moet breakfast followed by a beautiful walk along the cliff tops and a lazy afternoon on the beach…such is life!!!
We have now passed Brest. This is quite significant in a number of ways…
It gets warmer!!! Paul kept telling us that it would be 5 degrees warmer south of Brest and it really does!! When it’s sunny it’s really warm, right into the evening, but even grey days are warm - certainly too warm for anything more than shorts and t-shirt! We are not complaining!!!
We have come through the Chanel du Four! This is a serious bit of navigation with very strong tides, big seas [even on calm days] and lots and lots of rocks! Hopefully msn pictures will show some of the rocks we have negotiated - freaky!! In fact we came through the Chanel du Four in perfect weather. It got a bit hazy but we could see Ushant through the mist and had no problems, thank goodness.
We are now heading south rather than west - good for moral!!
We are really in Biscay! It’s got it’s own kind of aura - I think that I have read too many yachting-horror stories.
Since leaving Treburden we have been into the Morlaix river, L’Aberwrach, Cameret and Morgat. The next significant passage is through the Raz de Sein.
We found a lovely anchorage in Morlaix. We were able to go exploring in the dinghy - visiting rocky islands, one of which had a castle and another a really old light house.
From there we went to the marina at L’Aberwrach - a peaceful spot where we could sit on the boat and watch Egrets and Guillemots. On the way along the coast we spotted some birds which at first glance were like House martins, only much too big and in the wrong place!! They turned out to be Storm Petrels - don’t think we’ve seen them before! Our friends from Surfleet, Andy and Mandy, have a house in Brittany and invited us to see them. Andy had a bit of an epic journey to come and collect us [thanks Andy] and then when we got to their house Mandy had a wonderful table all set up in the garden under the gazebo with a full roast Sunday dinner!!! [thanks Mandy!] we felt like royalty!! Then we stayed the night,, sleeping in a bed that didn’t roll! The next morning started with a full English breakfast, again in the garden - it was so good! They then came back to the boat with us and we anchored off a little island where we had a barbacue on the beach. It really was a wonderful couple of days!!
Cameret is a lovely little place. The cliffs and little bays make it seem quite like Cornwall. While walking along the spectacular cliff tops we saw a big butterfly - Paul skipped after it with his camera, not a net, and got a fantastic picture - it was swallow tail!! Another first.
And to continue the French supermarket thing….in Cameret there is a supermarket called Huit a 8 [8 til 8]…it opens at 8.30 closes at 7.30 and is closed for lunch from 12.30 to 2.30!! Something not right, methinks….
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