Its very hot here- an unusual heat wave which is also
hitting the UK we hear. Nights on the boat now consist of all windows open,
fans on, and sleeping naked. Good job we're still at anchor. I'm putting off the trip to Brest as hot nights in a marina do not appeal. Skye isn’t so keen on the weather, so I have to
make sure he has lots of water and regular cooling dips in the sea.
Today I wanted to explore more of the increasingly familiar
GR34- the long distance coastal footpath- I’m begging to feel very at home with
the red and white markers showing the route. Because of the heat I decided to
get up early and walk before it got too hot- not quite successful as I slept through the alarm- but still managed to
get off at 7.30am.
A spectacular walk around cliffs, and good sights of increasingly
blue seas- not to mention processions of boats going down towards the Raz de Sein (I can feel the
pull south growing ever stronger and looked wistfully at these boats already on
their way). Notable along these cliffs
are the wartime sea defences- lots of gun placements and buildings dug into
the cliffs. Perhaps not surprising that this area was chosen for the museum 
of
the Battle of the Atlantic and a Memorial to Breton resistance fighters. I wonder
what the Neolithic settlers would have
thought? Clearly some important places
here, given the impressive “Alignments
de Lagatjar”
Skye dog managed to survive this c.12 mile walk - making sure he had lots of water, more
stops for panting in the shade or grass, and a couple of dunks in the sea.
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