Easy Day

Tuesday 28th June 2016.

                                                      Penny in her element.

Rain and high wind forecast for this afternoon so - off to Ille Grande for a walk this morning.

We parked at the port and walked clockwise around the island as far as the bird sanctuary.
A stop for coffee on an empty beach for Penny have a paddle - Straight in !!

Back on board - I checked the weather - No Good for a trip out - to see if the Mackerel are here yet - Blowing up to 27 knots at 5 pm - and it did !!!

We had an afternoon reading - relaxing - I researched Blazer's Bukh engine on the net and found lots of interesting information - useful.

A great home cooked dinner - the sun came out at 8 pm !!
We walked Penny to the far end of the prom - lovely.

Mike - Jackie + Penny.

New Visitors.

Monday 27th June 2016

Washday again - a big wash - keeping on top of having a dog on board !

Then off to Ille Grande for our favourite walk to the sailing school - forgot to take the camera !
A huge party of school children were having sailing instruction sailing tiny dinghy's round buoys in the bay
like the clappers - amazing.

Jackie met an English woman in the morning and we invited them on board for drinks at 5 pm.
Margaret and Ray Carter - their boat - Morning Light - A westerly Fulmar.
We had a lovely chat in hot sunshine and the G & T flowed !
They were leaving early Tuesday for Lezardrieux - the next river east of the Treguer river.

A great day - Mike - Jackie + Penny.

Stunning New Walk.

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th June 2016

A hot and sunny morning - we picked up our coast walk in Tregestrel port - we had no idea what to expect.
We were surprised to find beach after beach - no one on them and all with stunning views out to sea with the pink granite rocks, typical of this area, making a great picture.

                                                       The September islands.

The path is well maintained and well used by joggers - the grass areas are fenced off with a tiny wire - enough to let you know that they are growing native sand dune plants and getting them well established.

The area is called the Ille Renote - we didn't see a bridge - not sure why they call it an island ?

We were so impressed with this walk that we repeated it on Saturday and Sunday - each time finding sunshine and blue sea.

Penny loved the mixture of high hedges and little rocky beaches to explore at 100mph while we ambled along.

Each day we took a flask of coffee and sandwiches and we found numerous stone bench seats at the nice view points.

The path runs round a circular route with a big free car park - it makes a nice change.

                                                         A chair carved out of a tree stump.

                                                         Jackie holding up a big rock

Apart from our walks we have chilled out on board - I have done a few boat jobs - all very nice.

Mike & Jackie + Penny.

Lannion Market.

Thursday 23rd June 2016

A drizzley sort of morning so a late start - I walked Penny locally - then leaving her on board we headed for Lannion market.

Jackie was looking for a particular type of casual trousers and bought two pairs.
We were getting pretty wet walking round so we made a beeline for AZIZA Moroccan restaurant that we tested a few weeks ago.

We had a fabulous meal - couscous and a tajine with all sorts of side dishes - amazing.
We were glad that we went when we did - they close for the annual holiday this weekend !

Back on board we watched the DVD - Casablanca - what a film - I have seen it countless times and still love it.

The rain stopped - we walked Penny on the prom.

Mike - Jackie + Penny.

Ille Grande again !

Wednesday 22nd June 2016

Off walking Penny today on her favourite part of Ille Grande.
We walked from the car park to the sailing school - sat talking to an English couple - here on a 5 day break.

Back to the car via the beach - then we drove to the bird sanctuary to have our flask of coffee - lovely.

Back on board - I had a session sorting the engine overheating - checking and maintaining the thermostat.
Jackie cooked dinner.

We were woken in the night by Penny - she was scared by the lightning flashes lighting up the sky - no thunder !

Mike - Jackie + Penny

Washing and Walking

Tuesday 21st June 2016

Washday again today - we were set up smartly and all washing done for about 10.00 - Not bad.

A nice hot sunny morning - off to Tregestrel to pick up our coast walk.

                                                        A nice holiday home at our car park.

We walked along the beach toward Tregestrel - Penny went in the sea - We climbed the steep rock paths round the headland into the main town bay.
Boy it was hot !

We were feeling tired and hungry so we stopped at a new restaurant in the main port area  -
Le Coz Pors
We sat outside in scorching heat - we couldn't touch our table !!
Penny was in the shade of the table and they brought her some water.

We had mussels and chips and a nice ice cream with fruit - WOW !
We walked back to the car through the village - a long walk for us !

Mike - Jackie + Penny

Wet Day

Monday 20th June 2016

A really wet day today but still warm.

We set out really early to Tregestrel market looking for lightweight trousers for Jackie - No Joy !

We bought oysters - Tomatoes and Potatoes - all good value.

Back on board we dried out and just chilled all day - Jackie watched a DVD.

Penny didn't get much of a walk today - and the walk around the market didn't count - she got wet through - she hates rain !!! - she sulked until she dried out.

Curried pork for dinner - lovely.

Our English / Irish visitors are moving on tomorrow at 08.00 - I will be there to wave them off.

Mike - Jackie + Penny.