20 July 2010 - L'Odet River to Lesconil

Stopped at the marina for fuel and they let us moor for 2 hours whilst we did some essential food shopping and filled with water - very civilised!

Eventually left about lunchtime with the original idea of going to St Evette. This was too far in light wind and would have meant a long motoring session, so stopped at Lesconil.

On the way the weather clouded over. We had been told many times that when entering South Brittany you see a line in the sky where the weather changes and it's suddenly warm and sunny. Maybe we were now crossing that line the other way.

Lesconil Harbour (seen on the way out)

At Lesconil we rafted outside 2 other boats: A French family who wanted to show the grandchildren the dolphins, but had not yet found any, and an English couple who were bringing their boat back to England after keeping it in S Brittany for 18 years. We were later joined by a French boat containing 2 ladies and one of their sons, brought as extra crew to help them through the Raz de Sein and the Chenal du Four.

Pam told the harbourmaster we had already visited this year. He found our record card and gave us a free night's mooring. Amazing.

Visited the circus. OK except they had rope and rings hanging up but were not used, which was disappointing. Cannot work out how such a small circus can afford such a fine assembly of vehicles, which even included a BMW 5 series on a trailer (as you might take a tender on a boat).