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The Sandy Track |
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The sandy track at Ile de Noirmoutier proves too hard going for Alison! |
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No diving today! |
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Cool dive centre at I'Herbaudiere Port - but it's closed today! |
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Lunch break |
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Watching a lone kite surfer at Plage de Luzerande |
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Noirmoutier en L'ile |
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Our cycle route took us right through the main town beside the river. |
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Guerande |
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A very pretty medieval walled city. |
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Standing Stones at Carnac |
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Mega Megaliths |
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2792 standing stones (menhirs) alligned in ten or eleven lines, burial places (dolmens), semicircules (cromlechs), and tumuli dominate a large area at Carnac |
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Mmmm |
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Alison knocks up lunch before a short walk! |
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Port-Louis |
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There is plenty to see and do at Port-Louis |
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Where d'ya say we are going? |
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Alison poses for a photo not knowing that we were heading for another Maritime Museum! |
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Main Bridge |
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The Citadel is an imposing building marked by Brittany's varied history, especially during the 16th and 17th century. |
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Maritime Museum |
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The Citadel houses an excellent Maritime Museum. |
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Fishermans Knees Up |
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We join the Langoustine Fishermans Fete |
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The Band |
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Entertainment was a mix of French Folk and Charles Aznavour classics. |
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Seeking Shelter |
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Alison seeks shelter from the rain with her cornucopia of wine! |
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U171......... |
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The wreck of a German submarine that hit a mine and sank on its approach to Lorient submarine base on the 9th October 1942. |
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Remarkably in tact, though less her bow section she lies on the seabed in 40 metres, listing slightly to her starboard side. |
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Twenty seven men survived from a crew of forty nine. |
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After years of campaigning by some of the survivors, the U-boat has now been declared a war grave but still allows respectful divers to visit on a look-don’t-touch basis. |
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Our planned bottom time of 20 minutes passed by all to quickly and it was soon time to leave the U171 in peace. |
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Pointe de Pen-Hir |
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Impresive headland on the Crozon Peninsula |
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Rescue Manouvers |
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Rescue services practice their manouvers beside the war memorial at Pen-Hir Point. |
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Saint-Jean |
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Camped beside l'Elorn, we enjoy an evening stroll. |
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Brittany Bay |
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One of the many pretty bays along the North West coast of Brittany. |
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Aber Wrac'h |
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This river leads us to the Harbour and dive centre of the same name. |
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Aber Wrac'h Plongee |
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These people will take you to "the largest shipwreck in the world" but sadly not today! |
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Port Diben |
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Parked up beside this natural harbour..... |
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...we while away the day watching the tide ebb & flow. |
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Plougasnou Plongee |
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Great dive centre - great location but I just didn't fancy a pretty reef dive today! |
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Rocky |
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Rocky outcrops at Port Diben |
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Treguier |
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Parked up along side the river. |
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Treguier |
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This small medieval city overlooks the wide estuary of the Jaudy and Guindy rivers |
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Cathedral St-Tugdual |
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Truguier's fine 14th century Cathedral. |
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Anchor Man |
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On the quay side at Pleneuf-Val-Andre |
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Pleneuf-Val-Andre |
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View back into Harbour before walking around headland to....... |
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A golden sandy beach. |
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Stretching from Pleneuf-Val-Andre to Erquy. |
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Le Mont-St-Michel |
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As a place of worship with rich and influential history and awesome architecture, Mont-St-Michael has been drawing crowds since the 8th Century. |
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Gun Emplacement at Granville |
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Barfleur |
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From where Alison buys her obligatory blue & white striped French Top and Pommes Frites from the Quayside. |
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Normandy Beaches |
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One of the many Memorials to be seen along these very special and humbling beaches. |
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Pointe du Hoc |
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Between Utah and Omaha beaches is the battle scared cliff top position scaled by the brave American Rangers. |
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with Mulberry Harbour remains on the Horizon |
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Mulberry Harbour Unit |
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I stop to marvel at this incredible feat of engineering. |
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Not to be Forgotten |
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This beautiful poem will bring a lump to your throat. |
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Deauville |
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99 Motorhomes all in a row. |
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La Mailleraye-Sur-Seine |
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Riverside with a view! |
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I saw a ship come sailing by..... |
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Honfleur |
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Our last stop before we depart from Le Harve |
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One for the road! |
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Well two actually! |
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Accross the Seine |
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To Le Harve and the ferry port. |
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Aurevoir |
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We leave France behind us, bound for Newhaven |
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