Very cold this morning, just below zero, but bright and sunny. Nick and Grete haven't been to Brittany for a long time and ask us to plan the route for today. We are all ready to leave at 10:30 and take the short drive to a familiar place for us, St Cado. Unfortunately roadworks mean we cannot go to the port car park but the alternative one still has good views over the quiet little basin, with fishing boats sitting on the edge of the wet mud. Ali walks along...

The sun is out bright and early this morning athought the air temperature is only 7C We deide to go out to the end of the Arzon peninsula, following part of the coast road then heading past Port Crouesty, once a pleasant little port, now a mega-rich sailing centre with a hotel block modelled in the style of a cruise ship. Furthur out is Port Navalo where there is a little bay, narrow streets and small port. We stop for a few minutes by the bay, sparkling in th...

This morning dawns cold, but that's a good thing as it signals clear, bright sky. We have a leisurely morning then set off in sunshine along the coast through Piriac sur Mer and Mesquer then through St Molf, Asserac, Camoel leaving the marais behind as we join the main road towards Sarzeau. It's a pretty run all the way through wooded farmland until we reach the car park at Chateau Suscinio. We have lunch before visiting the chateau. Suscinio started in the 1...

Early this morning a few cars pulled into the car park and a tractor passed our isolated parking spot. By the time we are up their drivers are returning, scrambling down the embankment with bags of shellfish. Later the tractor returns having been right out on the flats at low tide. The day is much brighter than yesterday as we set off over the Marais towards St Nazaire, pausing for a quick shop at Bourgneuf en Retz. Although the trees have turned mostly brown...

As is the pattern, lots of rain in the night. Ali and Grete visit the boulangerie then go to see the ostriches before we set off. Or try to set off. The heavy rain on wet grass makes the field slippery and although Nick gets Mary*Lou off with no problems it's a different story for Nick and Grete's van which cannot get any traction. As they are trying with mats and pushing to and fro, a lorry stops outside. It is the farm owner who goes around to his shed, ret...