We had been thinking about taking a
couple of days away from the caravan and visiting Brittany and as we hoped that
the weather would improve we then planned for a departure on Monday 25th
June after watching a miserable performance from England on the Sunday night.
Rooney was a complete waste of space, even with a poorly knee I could have done
better. Penalties have never been England’s strong point and proven again here.
Anyway we left on the Monday morning
and headed out on the fast route via Caen in the direction of Mont St Michel,
which we did not visit, and then continued along the coast in the ever
darkening skies and eventually heavy rain by the time we reached Dinard. St
Malo old town looked very interesting and we pencilled that in for the next
morning. All along the coast is an important area for mussels and oysters and
this must add a lot of wealth to this area but on the downside the farming and
factories processing the stuff make the coast seem messy in places.
There were far more tourists in this
area with lots of English tour groups as you could tell from the UK based coach
companies. So some of the quite pretty seaside towns we just drove in one side
and out the other as neither of us like Southend- on- sea with a minor French
influence.
We stayed the night in a hotel
called Maison Tirel Guerel which was about twenty minutes from St Malo, it was
recommended by Trip Advisor and was excellent. The room was very nice in a
small town but the food in the restaurant was first class and beautifully
served, but not too cheap however. Following breakfast we headed back to St
Malo and walked around the old town listening to the English school kids on a
trip left alone by their teachers who were no doubt having a lunch somewhere
whilst the kids squatted at the street corner listening to their Ipod, using
the mobiles and swearing in such a manner as to even make me a little
embarrassed. What a waste of taxpayers
or parent money when nobody pushes the kids to learn from their surroundings.
We had a picnic lunch along the
coast in a quiet, but lovely little town, before continuing down to St Bruic
and then along down the coast. The coast is quite pleasant but not that exciting in my view, Jennifer may have
different view however. We had booked the second night at a newly listed
Chateau set in a Golf Club which had been taken over by the present owner’s
about three months ago and although they were doing their best to improve the
place but considerable TLC is required. I hope they make it as the surroundings
are beautiful and it is an interesting place and the food was also fine.
On Wednesday morning we took the
countryside route back to the caravan which was most enjoyable and we got back
around 5pm just in time for some basic scrambled eggs and hot dogs. OH the life
we lead!
Thursday 28th was a nice day with
the sun shining and so we did some housework and clothes washing as we were
able to take up the caravan carpets and give them a good brushing. Overnight it
rained a little but brought down quite a bit of either sand or something so
Noel cleaned the caravan windows to get rid of the muck and checked on the roof
repairs that we had made to combat the leak to see if they were still OK. We
were able to watch the Euro 2012 semi-finals on Wednesday & Thursday nights
and now looking forward to the final on this coming Sunday evening, Spain and
Italy yet again.
I am writing this on Saturday
morning where we plan to have a quiet day cycling, blogging, emailing and
perhaps even swimming in the gorgeous pool. Tomorrow the weather is expected to
be good and so we may take a little trip in to the hills to a town that we know
and have a lunch before getting ready for the football. The owner of the
caravan site has provided free Champagne Normandy style (Cider) each evening
the football takes place which is rather a nice touch.
Oh well it’s time to go and sit in
the sun providing the rain clouds don’t arrive.
