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Our first pile of rocks
More tidal streams Our departure from Lézardrieux was an early-ish one with lines dropped at 0600 to ensure that we caught the best of the tide down the river. [...]
Bagad, kouign-amann and la Roche-Jagu
Hiding in Lézardrieux Our next stop was Lézardrieux, a scant 5 nm to the south east from île-de-Bréhat. Here we planned to stop for a few days owing to [...]
Heading west along the Breton coast
From Granville we headed west again, hopping along the Breton coast. A brief stop in the small harbour town of St-Cast was sufficient for a run and a look [...]
A little detour to Granville
Back to Îles Chausey After our slightly traumatic but impressive visit to Mont Saint-Michel, our next stop was an overnighter back out at the Îles Chausey. With light SW [...]
A visit to Mont Saint-Michel
The most visited site outside of Paris Just a short bus ride away from Saint-Malo is Mont Saint-Michel, a place that ranks highly amongst France’s must-see sites, and one [...]
The spectacular walled city of Saint-Malo
A bit of history The fantastically fortified port city of Saint-Malo lies some 20 nm south-west of Iles de Chausey. While it has no doubt been inhabited for much [...]
Anchoring in very big tides
Les Îles Chausey The Îles Chausey are a swarm of small islands, skerries and rocks that lie roughly 30 nm south of Carteret. Many are bare rocks which at [...]
Sailing into seriously tidal seas
Our next passage plan was ‘around Cap de la Hague to somewhere on the western side of the Contentin Peninsula, possibly Diélette’. How very innocent of us! A new [...]