18 July 2010 - Belon River to L'Odet River

A quick trip ashore to check the prices at Chez Jacky resulted in us buying a few oysters, some Palourdes Roses and some Armandes.

Crossed the bar just after high water and found the wind was light but usable (yes, we are back to the proper High Pressure weather, warm sunshine and blue sky). Decided to make a stop at Iles de Glenan for lunch. It turned out to be a very late lunch and hundreds of boats were there, which was not a problem as there are lots of safe anchorages when the wind is light and there is no swell. Lunch, swim, and thought we would head on to Benodet when the sea breeze filled in. It never did. We left the islands at Sunday afternoon rush hour, finding different streams of boats heading for Benodet, Port le Foret, Concarneau etc. After sailing for a while we motored on to the Odet River and picked up a buoy above the bridge.

Entering the Odet River with Benodet on right

A bit tricky opening the oysters - no serious injuries yet

Ate the oysters. However to our uneducated palates the Belon oysters did not seem any better than the normal ones - maybe we should have signed up for the expensive meal.

Tomorrow the forecast is for light wind again. Hopefully we can make more progress heading back home.