A grey and slightly damp start, an amazing middle and a very damp end – pretty much sums up our day but if you are stuck for somewhere in Brittany to visit then Tregastel would be a brilliant option – assuming you are into your beaches. Before heading off we took a walk into the little coastal village of Ploumanc’h, to take a look at the tranquil pink beach of St Guirec…

Heading back along the coastal path via Mean Ruz Lighthouse….

And Plage de Pors Rolland….

These stunning somewhat unreal looking big boulders of pink granite just create a landscape unlike I have ever seen before. Moving on a few short miles up the road to Tregastel and we are in for a real treat after the not so inspiring Plage de St Anne….

As we wander along the coastal path in an anticlockwise direction from the Aquarium first we arrive at Plage de Petit Port de Tregastel….

Closely followed by the stunning Plage de Coz-Pors….

A little further around the path lies the completely different but equally stunning Plage de Greve Blanche….

Around the next corner, different again is Plage de Greve Rose….

And finally the large expanse of Plage de Tregastel more rocky than the others but carrying on for miles around the bay….

Such a beautiful walk and to be fair as an area it will take some beating. We make our way back to the van and continue our journey as the weather starts to cloud over and bobbing in and out of the coastline we visit Plage de Keryvon….

Cross over a short bridge to Grande Ile and visit Plage du Dourlin and Plage des Dames….

As the sky is closing in on us we make a brief stop at Plage de Goas Triez….

And as the heavens start to open a quick photo stop at Plage St Michel-en-Greve and Plage de St Efflam…..

Before parking up for the night at an Aire in the small village of Kerallic near Plestin-les-Greves and hunker down for the night as along with the rain the wind is picking up too.

Thoughts of the day:

• How do you find these little gems – short of driving around? I do research the best beaches in the area and try and make sure that they are on my radar but Tregastel with the pink rocks and alternate pink and white beaches was quite a show stopper and nature at its finest.
• It is taking me longer than I thought and I had hoped to be enjoying some warmer weather a bit further south by now but which bits do I miss?

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 31
• Miles walked – 7
• Beaches – 14 (a record)
• Aire – £11.01