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Thursday 30th October 2025 – Plouarzel to Le Conquet….

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A mostly grey and very wild day for us today, but as we are now on the slow road south, I remain forever hopeful!

Our first walk before leaving the Aire took us down onto Plage de Beg ar Vir, looking a bit wilder than yesterday and nowhere near as ‘golden’….

Our aim was to walk along the coastal path to capture the white sands of Plage du Gouerou, a little to the north of the Aire, as today we are continuing on our journey south – however the tide clearly had a different agenda and all we got to see were a couple of surfers and a lot of white surf….

What do they say ‘Time and Tide waits for no man’. Never mind we enjoyed the walk and after packing up the van we drove a mile or so up the road for our next walk along the coastal path and beaches of Plouarzel. First up was Plage de Porscuidic and Plage de l’Ile de Segal leading to a once inhabited peninsula that has now become an uninhabited island cut off at high tides…

Continuing further south along the coastal path are Plage de Kerescar and Plage de Porskaolenn – the tide is still high but they make pretty little coves with white sand even then….

The last beach of this string is the beautiful Plage de Pors Sévigné – if you lived in this village you could walk to a different beach each day of the week – what a lovely dilemma….

At this point we returned to the van and travelled a couple of miles along the Route Touristique to find parking for our walk to the next little cluster of beaches – bearing in mind we are still only an hour after high tide and the sea is choppy, I’m sure these beaches are far more spectacular at low tide and in the sunshine of course! Plage de Charrettes, Plage de Ruscumunoc and Plage de Corsen….

The next two beaches were conveniently on the coast road in little hamlets and I was able to just pop out to take a quick snap of Plage de Kerhornou and Plage de Illien….

Our next proper stop was at Plage des Blancs Sablons (another beach featuring in the top 10 best beaches of Brittany) – a beautiful long stretch of low dune backed soft white sand beach. Not a soul to be seen apart from a couple of surfers on the water but judging by the hundreds of car parking spaces all along behind the dunes a normally popular spot. Here we enjoyed a blustery walk along the beach….

In the end the wind got the better of us and we decided to start to make our way to tonight’s Aire with just a brief stop on the way at Plage de Pors Liogan on the outskirts of Le Conquet…

Another busy beach day, cut a little short again by the weather – for now though we are hunkered down against the wind and rain and hoping for a better day tomorrow.

Thoughts of the day:

  • I feel almost blasé about these beautiful white beaches but believe me I am appreciating everyone of them it is just that if I travel any slower I really won’t achieve my goal for this trip – which is to visit as many as possible in the 3 months I have here.
  • Sorry too tired for another one – though I’m sure I did!

Today’s stats:

  • Miles driven – 18
  • Miles walked – 6
  • Beaches – 14
  • Aire – 9.26 EHU

Wednesday 29th October 2025 – Ploudalmézeau to Plouarzel….

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Another damp start and mostly grey day with just a little ray of hope around 5pm but we want to cover some ground today so we will press on. We started the day with a walk from the Aire to the beach on the other side of the dunes – it was drizzling a bit but well worth the effort to see the long white sandy beach of Plage des 3 Moutons….

After packing up the van we drove barely a mile up the road and set out to do a circular walk of the beaches around the small community of Porsguen. Visiting Plage de Treumpan and Plage de Carn….

Before cutting across the village (mostly second homes by the looks) and starting with Plage de Kerdeniel and Plage de Porscave….

And passing Plage de Pors ar Villan, Plage de Porsguen and finally Plage de Port Geoffroy before arriving back at the van…

At about this point we are leaving the north coast of Brittany and beginning to head south and roughly speaking are due south of The Lizard! We made a brief stop in Trémazan to catch Plage de Chateau and Plage de Tremazan…

Parking up in Porspoder we enjoyed another longish walk along the coastal path looking down on the lovely deep sandy beach – Plage de Penfoul, across the coastal path on the dunes behind Plage de Rochard….

Along the pretty Plage du Vivier and more weedy Plage des Colons….

We wandered out onto the Spit of land to find Plage des Dames and back again to Plage de Bourg….

Before wandering back along the low lying dunes to the van and driving the short distance to the final beach in the area – Plage de Melon….

Another shortish drive to our Aire for the night behind the dunes at Lampaul-Plouarzel. Once in and sorted, as the sun was making the effort we took the opportunity to visit the two closest beaches – Plage de Beg ar Vir and Plage de Porspaul – catching both in the golden glow of the evening sunshine…

As a bonus we wandered out onto the small strip of land jutting into the sea – Beg ar Vir and caught what I think is a Tall Ship crossing into the beam of the golden sun….

A long and busy day – we shall eat and sleep well tonight.

Thoughts of the day:

  • Some of the beaches we have visited over the last few days have been strewn and quite often smelly with seaweed which I think may have been as a result of Storm Benjamin as it is all relatively fresh – shame otherwise these would all have been absolute beauties.
  • Sheep – where are they? Travelling around the UK in the more rural areas you see many sheep but I don’t think I have seen any in France.

Today’s stats:

  • Miles driven – 21
  • Miles walked – 8
  • Beaches – 19 (a new record)
  • Aire – £8.45 EHU
  • Fuel – £86.85

Tuesday 28th October 2025 – Kerlouan to Landéda…

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A damp start and a damp end to the day but all the way through the middle pretty ok – not exactly warm but not cold either. We left the Aire as the drizzle lifted this morning and by the time (like a few minutes) we got to our first stop you would never know – blue skies all around for our along the coastal path from Plage de Kerlouan….

Plage de la Digue….

Plage de Roc’h ar Gonc…..

And lastly – Plage de Boutrouilles….

A short hop in the van to Plage de Karrec Hir and Plage Niez Vran….

Our next stop was to visit Plage de Dibennou where we watched the kite-surfing for a while….

As the weather clouded over we visited Plage du Curnic and Plage de Vougo – neither that inspiring….

Followed by a wander along the beautiful (neighbouring beach to the two above) Plage du Vougot….

Another drive took us for a quick pit stop at Plage de la Greve Blanche, Plouguerneau….

A little further along the coast in the same area we parked up and walked from Plage St Cava, around the small headland to Plage Kervenni…

Our final stop on what has been a busy day was Plage St Marguerite where the weather turned to a fine drizzle on this still stunning beach….

Enough is enough – it is time to drive to our Aire for the night in Lampoul Ploudalmezeau and eat…

Thoughts of the day:

  • This coastline is truly beautiful with lots of white sand and artistically placed boulders – I really think it would be an ideal location for a cycling holiday as you could easily park up for a couple of days in each area and then just follow the coast as there is a great network of quiet roads following the coast and pretty flat! Not often that I see the advantage of having a bike.
  • It’s funny really but at nearly every beach there is a height restricted car park with an unrestricted area next to it – what is the point?

Today’s stats:

  • Miles driven – 44
  • Miles walked – 6
  • Beaches – 14
  • Aire – £7.19 EHU

Monday 27th October 2025 – Keremma to Meneham…

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A mostly cloudy and grey day with a bit of drizzle here and there and looking back on today’s photos, more blue skies than I remember! It was a bit wet first thing so we didn’t rush off and we also needed a bit of food shopping so that was our first stop. After a short drive we ended up on the other side of the Baie du Kernic on the lovely long stretch of pristine white sand that is Plage de Keremma….

Having the beach pretty much to ourselves apart from a few kite surfers out on the water, we enjoyed a leisurely walk along the beach, just taking the time to enjoy. Similarly on Plage de la Sablière a few short miles further along….

Heading further up the coast, we made a couple of quick stops at Plage du Menhir and Plage du Lividic, dodging the tractors with trailers heavily laden with fresh seaweed….

Two further quick stops at Plage du Garo and at one of the tallest Neolithic standing stones in France – standing at 8.5m and weighing approximately 80 tonnes – how or why? Nobody knows….

We then parked up at Plage de Brignogan on the outskirts of Plounéour-Brignogan-plages and took a stroll along the coastal path….

In quick succession the coastal path dipped down onto these lovely white sand beaches in the rocky coves that are typical to Cote des Legendes – this section of coast. Firstly – Plage de Bilou….

Followed by Plage des Chardons Bleus….

And Plage de Porspol with the lighthouse at the far end….

From here we drove the short distance to park up in our Aire for the night, before heading back out to visit the stunning Plage de Meneham…

Plage Nodeven Rodoloc….

And Plage de Nodeven….

Before walking back via Meneham a restored abandoned village – currently turned into a Halloween extravaganza and heaving with young families – a brief wander was enough before heading back to the van….

Old Guardhouse

Thoughts of the day:

  • It would take me probably a year to do this north and west coastline full justice and would make an amazing walk following the GR34 but we are doing our best.
  • This stretch of coastline is most like the outer Hebrides with the white sand and rocky foreshore but without the hills as a constant backdrop.

Today’s stats:

  • Miles driven – 19
  • Miles walked – 7
  • Beaches – 12
  • Aire – £8.31 (no electric)
  • Food – £29.90

Sunday 26th October 2025 – Cléder to Plouescat….

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Another mostly grey day but little pockets of sunshine here and there and no rain so all is good – oh yes and that ever present chilly wind is coming in from the sea so warm gear required. As we are good here on the Aire until 2 or 3 this afternoon (depending on how losing an hour overnight affects things) and we would like to take another look at Plage les Amiets and walk along and beyond to another couple of beaches, we packed the van moving on ready and set off walking….

It really is a beautiful beach, lovely semi crunchy (granulated sugar) white sand almost as far as the eye can see with the odd sea smoothed boulder here and there….

At the far end of the beach is Plage de Kerfissien with a wonderful little house perched on a granite outcrop – originally a customs officers dwelling….

Here we had to wander inland a bit to reach our next two beaches – Plage de Poulfoen and Plage du Click the latter much stonier than the others…

At this point we did an about turn and went back to fetch the van and continued a bit further up the coastline to visit Plage de Menfig….

Before moving on to our next Aire for the night in the small village on the outskirts of Plouescat, where once settled in we went for another walk to see what is on offer beachwise. We were not disappointed as we joined the coast at the amazing expanse of sand that is the Plage de la Baie du Kernic – stretching across the Anse du Kernic an almost completely encircled bay at high tide….

Around the corner and heading east along this largely seasonal village is the lovely sand Plage de Porsmeur….

Up and over another rocky outcrop and we have Plage du Port….

And finally the mostly rocky little beach of Plage de Pors ar Streat, looked over by a seahorse…

A pretty good day for beach walking and some pretty fab beaches.

Thoughts of the day:

  • I wonder just how busy these stretches of fairly remote coastline get – there are fairly large looking campsites on the outskirts of many of these satellite villages but even so.
  • I have called them satellite villages as they don’t seem to have their own names and are largely fairly modern looking – they are described as communes of a main inland village.

Today’s stats:

  • Miles driven – 16
  • Miles walked – 9
  • Beaches – 9
  • Aire – £11.53