Crikey this country is big!! Here I thought it would take about a day
to drive around the whole coast of Brittany, but the general consensus
of the crew was that we take the shorter route across country - and
that still took a whole day!!! With a few stops of course.
A quick look around Quiberon, before we headed back up the peninsula -
which in some places is only 50 metres across. Then we were off to
the other side of the Brittany coast - driving via through villages
and countryside which actually felt more English than French with
their stone buildings. This could be attributed to the Celtic origins
of Brittany, as large migrations from the Celtic lands of Britain
occurred throughout history to this region. It was only in the 16th
century that Brittany became part of France, and even today there are
groups lobbying for a separate Brittany state to the rest of France.
Our lunch stop was beside the Nantes-Brest canal which winds its way
through the rolling green countryside. A quick look at the Abbey de
Bon-Repos looking over the canal, where unfortunately all the
information was in French - then it was onward to our first sight of
the English channel at Cape Fréhel.
It was here we took an hour walk along the rugged coast, past a German
gun emplacement left over from the Second World War, to a lighthouse
sitting out on the cape. The view down along the cliffs showed a
castle sticking out right on the edge - stunning stuff!!
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