Sunday 30 September 2018

Thursday 20th September 2018 – Plouezec , Brittany, France



We were buffeted by the wind overnight and decided that we would have a ‘down day’ i.e. a day when we caught up with chores and otherwise took it easy. Jane did the washing whilst I tried to fashion a new wooden handle for the teapot lid at home by whittling a piece of wood that I had brought with me. We decided to have dinner in the campsite restaurant but, given that the site was closing in a few days’ time, the menu was virtually non-existent. They had fish & chips on special offer and we chose that.
Photos: View from our pitch; This tree house can be rented at the campsite.

Wednesday 19th September 2018 – Plouezec, Brittany, France




The Rough Guide told us about an interesting church at Kermaria-an-Isquit and we headed for that. Unfortunately, it was closed and a notice said that it was only open in the afternoon if you phoned a given number. There were other people who wanted to visit and they phoned and told us that there would be someone there at 14:00. We headed off to the next village of Lanleff where there was a sign to a ‘Temple’. This intrigued us and we parked in the very convenient motorhome parking area, had lunch and walked to the site, stopping off to have a look at the church on the way. The ‘temple’ turned out to be a circular structure that was originally thought to be ancient. It has now been established that it is a Romanesque church built in the late 11th or early 12th century and based on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It is a really fascinating building and well worth a visit.
We returned to the church in Kermaria-an-Isquit to find the same people that we had met in the morning and a lady arriving to open the church. She gave a guided tour in French but there was a leaflet in English that gave us plenty of information, enabling us to do a self-guided tour. Discovered under a layer of whitewash there are mediaeval scenes of the ‘dance of death’ painted around the walls. Although some it has been lost, much is very clear and it shows people of high and low status holding hands with skeletons as they move towards death. An inscription under the painting is a message from the dead that reminds us that they were once like us and that we will all eventually have to join their dance.
We drove on to Plouezec and our windswept campsite set on a hill with great views over the sea.
Photos: The temple at Lanleff; Two scenes from the ‘Dance of Death’.

Saturday 29 September 2018

Tuesday 18th September 2018 – Le Palus, Brittany, France




Apart from a big shop at a hypermarket, we drove straight to our aire at Le Palus. This proved to be very popular but we managed to find a pitch that looked over the children’s play area to the sea. A high bank of pebbles protects the land from storms but there is a wide stretch of good sandy beach before the sea. It was a lovely sunny day and Jane took the decision to have a rare dip in the sea whilst I walked up to the top of the cliff to admire the view. This really is a lovely spot with two restaurants and a beach shack that sells beer, wine, simple snacks and oysters.
Photos: Le Palus bay – the aire is just off picture to the right; Only in France would you find a beach cafĂ© like this selling oysters!; A classy garage in Le Palus.