Thursday, 27 June 2013

Renovation project - Places to visit in Brittany

Renovation project - Places to visit in Brittany

Today is a good day we have decided to leave the rubble and the dirt all bagged up and take the day off, we are going out to do some sightseeing as it is my birthday (for regular readers we are a few days behind on the blog!).

We try to decide where to go and as the sun is actually shining we head for the coast, we decide to head down to Benodet, this is a beautiful part of coastline and the drive is stunning.

We stop off in Pont L’Abbe and drive on to Locturdy these are both quite small towns but have a number of shops and small cobble streets, unfortunately we have gone at the wrong time and all of the cafes and restaurants have stopped serving food, so we have my birthday lunch in a supermarket cafe!





We continue to Benodet and the beach area is stunning, we stroll along in the sun and see a restaurant overlooking the harbour, we stop for a while and have a coffee.




This is one of those places where you can get lost in your own thoughts, just looking out over the sea, if only the weather was this good all of the time.



We drive back to Huelgoat and go out for dinner. The day was perfect and just the tonic we needed, we really must start to take more days off and explore the area around us, it is so easy to get lost in what you are doing and become so focused on the work at hand that you may actually forget, the reason you moved in the first place, was for an easier way of life.

6 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday! It all looks so beautiful!

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    1. Thank you :) and yes it is so beautiful the whole ares is amazing and such contrasts of scenery

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  2. Benodet is lovely, we spent a happy 2 weeks there a couple of years ago!

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    1. Hi Gerda, it is beautiful ins't it? we were supposed to be there for a week last year, but unfortunately we were washed out, so was so good to actually visit in the sun :)

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  3. Hey Jenny and John!

    I have landed on your 'Blog' today, as I am thinking of taking a trip to the region where you live and - if you will forgive the analogy and I can manage to grow some bigger b*lls - buy a little place somewhere in the Huelgoat area. I am a similar age as your man and I feel that if I don't do this before I'm 50.. then I never will... :(

    If I do one day buy somewhere, I'm not sure whether I would be able to afford to live there permanently or whether it would be a holiday home of sorts. The strange scenario I am in is that I could afford a little place in France but can't even afford a hovel of my own, here in Norfolk!

    Anyway, keep up the wonderful stories and adventures from your little piece of heaven in Brittany. I'll read them all with much interest!

    And one last thing.. should I manage to come over in the next couple of months, would you mind if I 'touched base' (I do hate that phrase but it does seem to be the best way of describing my motive!) and perhaps came and met you both...? I realise that this is a bit cheeky of me to ask this, but there is no substitution for insider knowledge, and I would love to hear first hand of you decision to move there and your experiences so far.

    Anyway, please let me know what you think...! I hope you have a lovely and well deserved holiday!

    Kind regards,

    John.

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    1. Hi John

      Sorry for the delay in replying but the internet has been a bit hit and miss.

      Totally understand where you are coming from with the house prices in the UK and if you do get to come over fell free to give us a shout, you can get me on the e-mail.

      We were in the same boat age wise it really did feel like now was the perfect time, before John got too old too build!

      Good luck and thanks for reading

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