A beautiful day for us today, without the morning mist and some stunning beaches – proper ones with sand and everything!

We started our day with some food shopping as we appear to be low or out of everything but were soon on our way to our first stop the Pointe de Grouin, the headland that juts out to the east of Cancale looking out on the uninhabited Ils de Landes…..

From there is was a shortish walk down to Port Mer – our first sandy beach in a while….

From here a bit of a drive westwards along the coastal road with enticing glimpses of a couple of beaches that we just could not get to and one where I managed to squeeze into the side of the road long enough to grab a quick photo – Plage du Guesclin….

Our next stop was much more successful and we enjoyed a longish walk first to Plage de la Touesse, a beautiful stretch of soft sand in a sheltered bay, split into 2 beaches except at low tide….

We followed the footpath around another headland and eventually came down onto the stunning Plage des Chevrets…

We could happily have spent the rest of the afternoon here but there is no suitable overnight parking and we have a couple more beaches to see when we do get to our Aire for the night, so we made our way back to the van via Plage des Mitres on the inside of the natural Havre du Lupin…

A short distance along the coastal road we arrived at Rotheneuf (the outskirts of St Malo) and were soon settled onto Aire des Ilots for the night (maybe 2 depending on the weather) and were quickly off out again to enjoy the rest of the afternoon’s sun, firstly on Plage du havre du Lupin and then on Plage du Havre…

We continued our walk across the village to see our final beach of the day – another beauty Plage du Val…

Thoughts of the day:

• It is a shame that much of the more rural beach parking is height restricted so we do end up missing out on a few of the more remote beaches – but I can’t complain as the availability elsewhere of motorhome parking is very impressive.
• Today’s beaches have been outstanding – the Normandy beaches were great for beach walking but these are my kind of beach with lots of soft sand and sparkling waters
• This stretch of coastline is called the Emerald Coast because of the colour of the sea

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 13
• Miles walked – 8.5
• Beaches – 8
• Groceries – £43.64
• Aire – £11.37 (inc EHU)