Still here – a pretty wild day today but mostly dry. As the first beach on our agenda is 6+ miles away and would mean walking through and around the city we decided to shake things up a bit and get the bus into the city centre and walk from there. The bus went on a very circuitous route but eventually dropped us off and we walked around the port to get to our first beach…

The port is pretty huge with various different areas housing some beautiful tall ships as well as a fair flotilla of gin palaces and in a different area the large cargo ships and car ferries. As we came out the other side Plage des Bas Sabiens awaited….

Continuing south down the Dinan estuary we came upon the pretty cove of Plage Solidor lined with bars and restaurants and plenty of people enjoying a drink in the afternoon sun – at the head of the beach is Solidor Tower keeping watch over the busy estuary across to Dinard on the other side…

Continuing our walk, our next beach was Plage des Corbières at the bottom of a public park….

We then had to walk through quite a few residential back streets before making our way down onto Plage des Fours a Chaux, which we had to ourselves and so took the opportunity for Tilly to have a bit of a runaround whilst I sat in the sun enjoying the view, drinking a coffee and lazily throwing a twig for Tilly to chase….

At the far end of the beach we were able to see our final beach – Plage du Rosais…

Time to head back now to catch the bus home…

Thoughts of the day:

• Fortunately I checked beforehand but only small dogs are allowed on the buses here and they have to be in a suitable carrier- luckily the sling I have for Tilly was deemed suitable – rather odd for a dog loving nation?
• These high winds have certainly churned up the sea – from what I could see on the bus there was lots of wind surfing and kiting going on.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 0
• Miles walked – 6
• Beaches – 5
• Aire – £11.35
• Laundry – £7.50
• Bus – £3.50