We get some tidying up done before taking the easy 90 minute drive along the dual carriageway and the familiar series of roundabouts into Roscoff, where we call into the passenger terminal to check our booking is all OK. Two miles away is the aire we will stay on tonight. It is quite busy but we squeeze in between two vans opposite the dried out bay. We have a quick snack for lunch then set off to walk into Roscoff. Entering from a different direction tha...

Surprisingly we are first up this morning, the three French couples sleeping in for longer. It is bright and sunny as we drive towards the Cote d'Amor, reaching the coast at Treguier and stopping on the harbour-side. Ali has a quick look around the town, sort of doing a recce for a future visit. It is classical Breton architecture; hard stone buildings, pointed slate rooves, turrets and tudor-style wod framing. We refuel at Super-U for €1.11/ltr, [about...

The aire was quiet and peaceful last night but as usual the French are on the move from 07:30 It feels chilly at only 15C until the sun comes up but it's warmer by the time we use the service point and move on. We stop briefly in Mur de Bretagne to buy savoury tarts in a boulangerie then go the few miles to Caurel, where we rented a gite many years ago, for another view of the drained lake. Back then the road ran through the village but now there is a bypass ...

This morning dawns bright and the view is far more attractive for it. Ali goes to see the owner, who needlessly apologises for being so busy yesterday, and has all the time in the world this morning. The farm has 20 hectares of orchard and the trees are kept in rotation; some new, some bearing fruit and some being pruned. They make cider, cider-vinegar and apple juice. A presentation pack of 3 bottles of choice is €6.50. Ali has just returned to the va...

We leave the site in light rain. Our journey is mostly dual carriageway towards Rennes with frequent showers and it is still raining when we arrive at a Passion, Le Val de la Chevre, in the village of Le Drugeon. We are told where to park, overlooking a field of goats and an orchard that runs down to the river, but apart from that we are left to our own devices and Ali finds the farm shop closed. The rain stops in the evening but it's only 12C, so it's a...