Manoir de Kerhuel Ploneour Lanvern

Sad parting this morning leaving the Corlesquet’s. They were a wonderful family and I only wish we were able to let to know them a bit better and help a bit more around the farm. Mami gave us a gar of her homemade jelly for the road - I could have almost cried! She took the blackberries (Muir) that I picked and brought them as a present (cadeaux) on the first day and made it into jelly for us ...

We got up early and loaded the car in no time, I must say that the kids are great and have been more than helpful it seems to be good for them to be away like this. As the car was packed we had breakfast just across the road in a cafe while waiting for the land lady to give us back our bond. Trust the Germans to be on time, she came in a 10am on the dot and I had to go back up the 4th ...

... serving with vinaigrette. The liquer then comes later with rassis (hard bread) and garlic cloves. Wonderful, but Bren and Rob opted for more familiar food.

Great fun evening and the owner said we could stay overnight in the car park despite the signs banning it. Did the nose gesture about drinking! Quiet night except the 10 cars arriving c. 04:00 for the fishermen to go off at low tide.

Hoy, Jueves por la mañana, el día seguía cubierto. Aunque afortunadamente no estaba lloviendo. Aún así, varias razones nos han hecho desechar el viaje a Perros-Guirec: nadie nos aseguraba un tiempo decente allí, llevamos ya bastantes kilómetros en lo alto (más de 2.000km), apenas conocemos la zona que rodea a Brest, por la tarde debemos volver pronto para ordenar la casa ya que mañana viernes salimos hacia el Loira (y más kms)... Así que tras el debate pertinente nos ...

... a dar un respiro. Con la alegría de tantas buenas noticias nos damos una vuelta por el pueblo y divisamos unas cuantas creperies... mmmmm... ¡demasiado tentador! Entramos en una de ellas que tiene una decoración antigua preciosa y una comida aún mejor (Crepe de fresa y plátanos y Crepe de chocolate y pera). Esperamos que las fotos se vean bien y que os de mucha, pero que mucha, envidia ;) ¡Ah! Y nos llevamos de una tienda local también un pack de 6 cervezas bretonas que ...

Jacky and Francoise took us to see France's Wild West.  It was quite the hike but we made it France's western most point.  If we went any further, we would have apparently made it to Quebec. :)  The most impressive thing though was how fast Francoise was climbing those farily steep rocks.....in cowboy boots!! Go Francoise!

Visite Rapide de l'ile "pas trop le temps de faire du tourisme, là pour bosser quand même :D " Un petit resto plutot sympa, un accueil Agréable je dirais même familliale avec une cuisine de bonne Qualitée. pour un cout plus que résonnable! Le site du Restaurant http://www.chezcricri.com/

... to find the ocean. We asked the hotel receptionist how to get there after a while, and when she told us it was 3 km, a few of us, including me, gave up and went upstairs to watch the only English things on TV, which were CNN International and a movie with Willie Nelson subtitled in French. The cathedral was very interesting, though - sort of a modernist design (and almost completely full for Saturday evening Mass).

We have spent one month in France with Nicolas family before the big tour. Here there is a couple of photos to highlight our holiday. We visited some very beautiful areas of Brittany and ate a lot of typical dishes. We really enjoyed it but unfortunately we have got an excess of 4 to 5 kg. This might be very useful for the next 5 months!!! We have done a lot of walking, cycling and kayaking to limit this massive intake of food but it has not work a lot we have to admit...

... dan pompen. Geen water, op tijd herinnert Lineke me er aan dat onder het schip geen water staat, dus opnieuw uit elkaar halen is op dit ogenblik geen optie. Vrijdag 5 mei 2006 Het is bijna even mooi weer als in Nederland. We ontvangen de Wereldomroep heel duidelijk als we een draad als antenne in de mast hijsen. Het is toch een prima gevoel een beetje op de hoogte te blijven wat er allemaal in Nederland gebeurt. We maken ons op naar Ile de Groix te gaan, zo'n 15 mijl verder en ...