Whatever the weather

We said goodbye to the Belhambra this morning after a couple of days of luxury and have really enjoyed our stay there. The location is exceptional and for a change we spent some time at the hotel instead of constantly travelling around. These photos were taken last night when the tide was coming up.

Steps in front of the hotel lobby


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The weather in Brittany must be very difficult to forecast and today was no exception. A cloudy morning with a high chance of rain turned out to be sunny and we had a really enjoyable ride off the peninsular after the steep climb out of Morgat. There is a high point in this area called Menez-Hom (330m) which we avoided on the way in and on our way out today. It looks remarkably like the hill on which the Jubilee tower was built on my home town of Darwen, England. They say people have twins somewhere in the world - perhaps hills have too.


The main sight on our travels today was the Pont de Terenez, which has been built recently. It is a huge suspension bridge that replaces an older one just next to it. The cycle paths are completely separate from the roads and it was great to cross and look at the views without worrying about cars.





We changed our original route yesterday and are now heading for Roscoff on the north coast of Finistaire, so Landerneau was a convenient stop-off point on the way. The rain arrived an hour or so after us and is also forecast for tomorrow, so we may take a train to Roscoff via Morlaix if it is still bad in the morning.

On the way to Landerneau we passed by an interesting looking church and Julie spent some time looking at the old statues. Most of the figures on the churches in France were destroyed during the time of religious intolerance, but these stayed intact.






Landerneau is another Brittany town that has seen better days. Whilst the ones on the coast suffered when the sardines moved away (or were over-fished!) this town used to have a linen trade. It is also on a river and has huge tides. The mud flats we saw around 3pm this afternoon were a few meters higher tonight and the arches on the bridge were barely visible. The town has an old part with some interesting houses built on one of the bridges but not much else to recommend it, so we retired early after dinner to catch up on the news and write this blog.


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Location:Rue Henri Bourhis,Landerneau,France