10th September
Golfe du Morbihan
Amazing!! Always wanted to come here, read lots about it....and now we are here!! Last few days of August were a bit too busy, but, in France, when the holidays end they really do end! So now we see very few boats and its just bliss!! We anchor off little islands; row ashore each morning to stroll to the baker for our bread; sit in the sun; visit quaint fishing villages........phew!!
in one village we learnt about their industry - breeding oysters! they dont farm oysters as such, just develop th eyoung to sell on to the bigger oyster farms that are everywhere on this coast. The breeding is very old industry and we saw the old huts were people used to work - they had stacks of roof tiles which were first soaked in lime, then stacked on oak frames inthe sea water. It was the womens work to then scrape the tiles to remove the baby oysters.
We had trouble identifying another bird!! this one doesnt even exist in any of my bird books. I have found out a bit - apparantly it is an ibis, a royal or sacrred ibis(only seen the name in french). It comes from Africa, dont know if they came themselves or have been introduced - but they are everywhere! We often see flocks fly over in early evening. Still trying to find out more.
Frankie joined us yesterday...........all good!!!
Amazing!! Always wanted to come here, read lots about it....and now we are here!! Last few days of August were a bit too busy, but, in France, when the holidays end they really do end! So now we see very few boats and its just bliss!! We anchor off little islands; row ashore each morning to stroll to the baker for our bread; sit in the sun; visit quaint fishing villages........phew!!
in one village we learnt about their industry - breeding oysters! they dont farm oysters as such, just develop th eyoung to sell on to the bigger oyster farms that are everywhere on this coast. The breeding is very old industry and we saw the old huts were people used to work - they had stacks of roof tiles which were first soaked in lime, then stacked on oak frames inthe sea water. It was the womens work to then scrape the tiles to remove the baby oysters.
We had trouble identifying another bird!! this one doesnt even exist in any of my bird books. I have found out a bit - apparantly it is an ibis, a royal or sacrred ibis(only seen the name in french). It comes from Africa, dont know if they came themselves or have been introduced - but they are everywhere! We often see flocks fly over in early evening. Still trying to find out more.
Frankie joined us yesterday...........all good!!!
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