The red wine alarm clock pounds away two hours before it's time to get up, but by 09:00 we're ready to fight another day. It is sunny as we head across to the town to visit the St Thegonnec Parish Clos. In Brittany, a parish closes, or enclosed communities, were a symbol of a town's healthy economy usually in the leather and linen industries. A Clos would consist of a church with large south door, a triumphal gateway, a calvary to watch over the dead and an os...

The French really take pride in looking after their communities, keeping everywhere smart and tidy. But when two petrol brushcutters rev up to tidy the car park at 08:15 it's taking their national motto, Libertie, Egalitie et Fraternitie, a little too much on the libertie! Nick decides not to get the chair off, instead we leave 'les strimmeurs' to their work and drive around the headland to view the rocks, sea and flowers, before heading back inland. Approachi...