It’s time say good bye to this section of coastline today. We survived the storm of the trip during the night, which is more than can be said if quite a few of the other campers here. The wind was gusting all night and you could hear the big ones coming through the trees before they hit the tent. We went down to the waters edge, but yesterday was ‘the’ swim day, so instead we got packed up and set off on the trail.
This time, our ride coincided with the high tide, which gave a beautiful ride across some of the estuary mouths.
We made a quick detour to get to a shop to buy some lunch produce, in case we didn’t come across another, but were soon back down by the next long and sandy bay.
Where we enjoyed our freshly purchased pain au chocolates, while watching a bit of surf.
The trail continued along a couple of nice bays. A windsurfer seemed to be having the best time - everyone else was just getting blown about.
At the beach called Grève St Micheal, we watched a squall of rain heading our way on the wind. It produced a good rainbow, which we watched while sheltering behind a sign.
We put waterproofs on to move onwards, but it soon warmed back up once the shower has passed by.
In my head I had imagined that it would be great to come across a typical French village at around 11am, where we could take a break. I had pictured a nice church, village square, baker and cafe and that’s exactly what we found at Ploumilliau. We couldn’t quite believe it - it was just as I’d hoped - but were delighted to take a quiet seat outside the village cafe.
The final section down into Lannion was good fun, with quiet lanes and finishing with a long downhill all the way to the river, where a pedestrian area has been developed.
We took a seat to admire the view and rest our legs.
No camping tonight either as we have some logistics to sort out tomorrow. For tonight though, a little stroll through the old town and some filling foods should sort us out nicely.
Total Ride: 27km
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