We’ve moved around a bit since our last post, so this is an update on where we’ve been.
The first pic is the old walled city of Saint-Malo, once a haunt of corsairs (pirates or privateers, depending on whether there was a war on at the time), from the beach at low tide.
Today we visited Rennes. Not particularly willingly, but our main lens decided to break down yesterday, so we had to get another. None here in St Malo. We phoned St Helier, Jersey, thinking we could go over on the ferry, but they didn’t have one, So, we went to Rennes, which according to our guide book is a nightmare for driving and parking. We weren’t keen, but needs must. After a few false starts, we found a really easy parking space, very close to a shop which turned out to have an English speaking salesman who had spent time in Scotland, and a second hand lens! So we had a walk around Rennes to test it. A seagull decided to poop on me – that’s supposed to be lucky, isn’t it? We are now back at St Malo and the weather is finally starting to look a little better.
Vue du Mont St-Michel après marée haute. À marée haute le parking est en partie couvert de la mer.
(View of Mont St-Michel after high tide. At high tide the car park is partly covered by the sea.)
The weather brightened up this evening, so we went out for a stroll around town. It’s a small fishing port, particularly famous for oysters. This is a boat heading out for the night as others come in.
This was taken a few days ago, finally got Corfe Castle without the smog we had last time. Looks better, does it not?
We are now in France. The weather so far hasn’t been good enough to get the camera out!
Seen in Morrisons supermarket in Barnsley today: French Sauvignon Blanc branded ‘Kiwi’! They must know where the good stuff comes from; we bought a bottle of Marlborough Chardonnay.
Back on the road tomorrow (Thursday), heading south to Dorset, then on Tuesday afternoon we get the ferry from Poole to Cherbourg, for a couple of months around France and possibly beyond.