Friday, 25 October 2013

Day 25 and 26- Last few days

Another post of 2 days in one here. Not much to comment on for Wednesday, ended up a bit like Tuesday with a chance to practice some golf down at the local range, pack up the house and get the washing dry. The plan was originally to check out the Morlaix coast for some clean surf but looking at the photos on the surf report it was about ankle to waist high at best, so not really worth the 5h round trip. Was an earlyish bed with one objective- surf.

Fortunately I avoided the tempatation to sleep through the alarm. With the car already packed I headed off to Quiberon about 20 mins later than I intended to leave. When I arrived there was surf, a little smaller than I expected around chest high with a stiff cross/offshore wind. The tide was high and time was limited so I didn't check the Cote Sauvage. Instead I went straight to the Southern end of Tata beach where I learned to surf- fortunately the car park is close to the road so it was a quick check before going in.

There were a few peaks. My first reaction was to how cold the water was compared with SW France. I thought the paddle out was going to be brutal but it was not too bad. Waves were quite slow and mellow- a change from the the sand smashers in SW France. Got a few rides and sections for an hour before heading to Le Harve. Grabbed a croissant and quiche at Plourharnel. Stopped in Caen for pullups, fuel and Carrefour stock up for the boat.

Got the boat and splashed 16£ in a day cabin so I can have a shower and a nap. And so ends the trip. I will endeavour to do a reflections post soon about the whole trip. A couple of days in Brittany have probably served as a good general reintroduction to UK life.


Massivley looking forward to Portugal of course.

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