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After our enjoyable but extended stay in Guernsey, we arrived at
Treguier in a Force 7 and negotiated the rocky
tricky approach. Being in a river the pontoons are very difficult to approach
or leave and not very secure. Slack water is the only safe
time. The town is very old and full of character with lots of cafes
and small shops selling lace and Quimper pottery.
Roscoff was our next intended port of
call, however things were not going to be that simple! A fair tide and good
breeze got us there early and we took a buoy between the harbour and Ile
de Batz. Watching the Seaweed boats arriving laden down...was quite bizarre.
When the tide had risen enough, we entered the harbour, only to find no room
on the wall! So as night was falling there was no alternative except to go
round to Bloscon the rather
exposed Ferry terminal. Well, the night was spent rolling around and
at first light (5am) I slipped the buoy and headed off for
L'Aberwrac'h. The nearest shop was a 2 mile
walk up a steep hill. Try and drop into the conversation at the
cashout that you are on a boat and you might, like us, be lucky
and get a lift in the back of the delivery van. Mary Joe's bar is recommended
in the pilot books. The food is good and conversation in Franglais, spoken
in a slurred accent. Weather kept us tied up and with a slightly better forecast
we nosed out bound for the notorious Chenal du
Four. When we arrived, the wind had risen to a force 7 on the
nose, giving us rough "wind over tide" conditions. Silver Tryst was showing
us she was a good dry seaboat. The Navtex weather forecast was giving the
prospect of worse to come and we were glad to reach the sheltered harbour
of Camaret sur Mer. Gales and gusts of
over 50 knots kept us in Camaret for a few days while we planned where to
leave the boat. Brest was our choice as it has
a large well run marina .We left the boat there and returned to UK for a
month. This whole area has great Breton entertainment and free Jeudi du Port
in Brest, surprise, surprise on Thursdays.
When we returned our two oldest children Mark and Siona joined us for a week.
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