THAT 'OTHER' ROYAL VISIT

We have just had a visit for a week of my sister Sue, my Aunt Joan who is 93, her daughter Cathy and Sues friend Sally.

Although the weather was not the best (ie. cold, wet and windy) there were generally enough breaks for us to get out and about and have a good time.

Sue at the dock in Roscoff. Ferry "The Armorique" in the background.

Back in Guemene warming up on the "night storage heater".

Breakfast next day.

The inaugural lighting of the fire. Only problem was we were using the chimney without a lining and there were leaks into the adjacent chimney and as a result Aunty Joan's bedroom filled with smoke! So that little pleasure didn't last long!

A day at Locronan, a medieval village 1hr 45mins West of here. Both cars are equipped with Tom Tom Sat Navs. Both cars got there by different routes. Not easy watching the road, talking to people in the car, trying to obey the speed limit with one eye on the car behind. Gone in a flash!! Had great fun though getting used to the Tom Tom for the first time. The voice in the lease car sounds like Lady Penelope from The Thunderbirds. So I became "Parker"!

Some Wisteria!! All one plant.

We soon put the visitors to work. No age barriers!

Next day to Josselin, about 1hr 30mins in the opposite direction. A light lunch at an outdoor cafe.

Down by the Brest - Nantes canal (Dug in the 1800's to avoid the English shipping blockade on the coast). Chateau in the background.

 

Several canal boats carrying a group of tourists from the Czech Republic kept us amused for half an hour negotiating the locks.

And off towards Nantes.

Next day down to the coast at Port Louis, opposite Lorient. A crowd of schoolchildren turn up and immediately head for the water.

Coffee at Jans, an Australian friend who lives up the road. She has her own waiter!

A happening in Guemene.

Relaxing back at base.

Countryside on the return trip to Roscoff. 1hr 45mins on the road and hardly saw another car.

A field of Artichokes growing near Roscoff which the town is famous for. The ferry line was first created to support the sales of this plant to the UK.

Roscoff also has an unusual church spire.

The sea comes up between the houses at full tide.

The Petite Train - for tourists.

A wall of hanging Geraniums.

Dinner at a restaurant overlooking the sea.

This is how they serve Artichokes. The sauce was delicious but couldn't see the point of the plant. Nothing special about the taste that I could make out and only the smallest fleshy bit at the base of the leaf which is edible. Still a mystery.