The wind has pretty much gone but we are still getting some pretty heavy showers let’s see if we can dodge them a bit better today. Yesterday afternoon when I was booking our extended stay, I noticed that the information board mentioned showers, so this morning I went to look and sure enough a building that I hadn’t realised was linked to the Aire has showers and toilets and best of all a washing machine – so guess what I spent this morning doing? Yep my first proper shower in quite some time and doing the laundry – time well spent.

Naturally the mornings activities meant a slight change of plan to our day so we travelled directly to Carantec, parked up and set off to explore all the beaches around this seaside town – first up was a very disappointing Plage de Clouet – coarse sand and a lot of green weed…

But we persevered and followed the coastal path around the point to a viewing point for Ile Louet and the rather handsome Chateau du Taureau on its own little islet…

The tide is fairly low so I’m not sure that either of them are accessible on foot and the house on Louet sadly looks boarded up. As we rounded the rocky headland the small beach of Tahiti was being enjoyed by a couple of fishermen…

The beaches continued to improve as we carried on past firstly Plage de Cosmeur…..

And then Plage du Kelenn….

And then down onto the main beach – Plage de Carantec, which was lined with a few bars / restaurants and the main part of the village above….

We continued on around another headland to our favourite – Plage de la Greve Blanche, where we enjoyed a brief break in some nice sunshine before continuing on our way….

In the distance we watched people and the odd vehicle traversing the tidal causeway to Ile Callot but didn’t join them as the clouds were beginning to gather ominously….

Passing our final beach, Plage du Port, before making our way back through the village to the van, just making it back before the heavens opened…

Fortunately it was just a passing shower and it had moved on by the time we had travelled the short distance to our Aire for the night.

Thoughts of the day:

• All these rocky little islets must be a navigators nightmare and in rough seas – well…. However they do seem to create beautiful, tranquil bays.
• Unfortunately this showery weather does look as though it is going to malinger for awhile but hopefully we will continue to get little pockets of sunshine – beaches definitely look better in the sun…

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 30
• Miles walked – 6
• Beaches – 7
• Aire – £11.29
• Laundry – £6.98