Month: May 2008

To Port Brillet

31.05.08 Saturday Chatillon en Vendelais to Port Brillet. We knew this was a long day with no known ending, but set off in thick mist out of the village at first not even able to see the cows, but they soon appeared. Walked all day along country lanes with very little traffic and as warned …

To Chatillon en Vendelais

30.05.08 Friday Fougeres to Chatillon en Vendelais. Uneventful walking,enlivened only by the occasional herd of cows. The high spot of the day the drying of the tents in a deserted masonry store in the middle of nowhere. After yesterday’s good walking on a disused railway line, we tried to pick up the same line running …

To Fougeres

29.05.08 Thursday. Chateau de Rocher to Fougeres. Set off from the Gite d’etape that has not been open since 2000. The owner let us use it and only charged us 10 euros for the night with gas stove, hot water showers and beds that were only a bit musty. Picture of us departing in the …

South to Antrain

27.05.08 Tuesday Pontorson to Antrain Wet night last night so tents soaking this morning, the evening was disturbed by 2 families of loud Brummies on holiday in the pitch next door, our fault should have noticed they were there but so used to sites being empty or nearly that didn’t think it was an issue. …

From le Mont St Michel

26.05.08 Monday. Le Mont St Michel to Pontorson. The campsite at LMSM is not wonderful the pitches are predictably over camped although the facilities are good and protected by electronic cards, the only place we’ve ever checked in to campsite at the hotel reception. Although the weather for the crossing of the bay was fine …

South to Granville

23.05.08 Friday MontMartin to Granville. Started from the delightful quarry municipal site at 07:30 (if Tony Moores chose Tim’s new watch, then please select one with bigger numerals next time so that he doesn’t think that it is 1 hour later than it is!), up into village usual 2 baguettes eat one with ham and …

Further south

22.05.08 Thursday Geffosses to Mont Martin via Coutainville and Pont de la Roque Set off early at 7am. Are French campsites like offers in supermarkets buy 3 get one free? Perfectly good site though and hot water because it’s fed from the school boiler next door which seemed to fire up every hour or so …

Inland to Geffosses

21.05.08 St. Germain Plage to Geffosses Got bread (2 baguettes) and ate one with ham for breakfast then set off down coast over looking saltmarshes, interesting building called ‘Le corp de Garde’ (the guard room). A building built in 1669 to allow the port to be under surveillance. After the 6 miles planned as an …

From Barneville

20.05.08 Tuesday Barneville to St Germain sur Plage. Today after a bit of difficulty found the GR and then got on to the beach and then down to PortBail, which had a market in progress, we wandered up and down and bought a large flatfish called a something in French can’t remember but the lady …

Portesham to Weymouth.

A pleasant amble without rucksacs into Weymouth to find the boat in the harbour and have  some lunch, meet with Betsy, and set up tents for us and the gallant crew of the sailing vessel Sapho in Pebble Bank campsite. A pleasant little field above the bank of Chesil beach and Fleet Lagoon (along which …

Leaving Weymouth

10 miles out from Weymouth the skipper (Trevor) noticed water coming into the bottom of the boat. It was deemed appropriate to return to Portland and lift the boat out of the water. The new plan is to borrow another boat, check it out this afternoon and sail again in the morning. Link to where …