Exploring with my camera
I could easily have lingered in Vannes but we needed to move on – to Dinan via Josselin. The first castle in Josselin was built in the 11C but the building was rebuilt several times thereafter. Since the 15C the castle has … Continued
From Le Menec we moved to the next of the major alignments at Carnac, that of Kermario where there are 1,029 stones in 10 rows, and c.4,300 feet long.
Our two weeks in Sizun were over – I could easily have stayed for longer – and we set off, in the mist, down the motorway for Carnac where we arrived in brilliant sunshine. The Tourist Office was very helpful and we settled … Continued
This was sadly the last day in Sizun and we walked in the Forest of Cranou. The forest stretches over 600 hectares and there are many marked paths. We used the Carte Randonnée 0517OT and fashioned a 2-hour circuit.
I had read about Le Folgoët and so we visited the rather gloomy and certainly very dark Basilica of Notre Dame of Folgoët, built between the 14C and 15C and the destination of a significant annual pilgrimage in Brittany. I didn’t … Continued
We visited Bodilis Church in Brittany on Day 14 of our time in France. We decided to spend the day sightseeing rather than walking. The previous day’s walk from Mougau Bihan had damaged a knee. A slow day sightseeing meant … Continued
We started the day at the Church of St Mélar in Locmelar, one of the Enclos Paroissial, which was built between 1577 and 1675. The previous day’s stumble through the bracken had affected knees and so today was a slightly quieter day – … Continued
We parked in the car park next to the megalithic structure at Mougau Bihan and set off down the road – no guidance from Wendy Mewes this time – we just used the map.
