Tuesday, 27 July 2010

16 July 2010 - Lorient to Hennebont

Gusty wind and rain during the first part of the night. However by morning the wind had dropped and the sun was out. However the weather forecast still shows sea state of Agitee to Forte and swell of 3m, so we had an early breakfast and headed up the river to Hennebont. A short way from Lorient the river winds through a peaceful wooded valley. After a few miles we arrived at Hennebont and stopped on the visitors' pontoon.

Nice town, but rather a noisy mooring place as there is a road each side of the river, a busy low road bridge just upriver and a big railway bridge 1/2 a mile downthe river.

We did a walking tour of all the out of town superstores to exchange the gaz bottle. Tried Carrefour, Bricolac and Aldi before arriving at Leclerc (on the way back we passed Lidl and Coccimart). I exchanged the last one at a chandlery at about €26 (a rip-off by any standard), and later saw one in a superstore for €17, so I have postponed exchanging the bottle until within reach of a suitable store. A risky strategy which could result in no gas and no supper! Today I decided that the bottle MUST be exchanged and eventually found one at Leclerc for €18.30. It's a shame the UK superstores don't offer a good price like this. We bought a lot of other stuff too with Pam commenting on how cheap it was compared with the markets - lucky it was not a hot day - and then found a pleasant shady footpath which led most of the way back to the harbour.

Tomorrow we think the weather and sea state will be OK and we hope to head to the Belon River. This is reputed to have the best oysters