18th – 21st July – The Lorient

Posted at 9:46 AM, Tuesday, July 21, 2009

After a team discussion with Sunboy we decided to move onward into Lorient, some 40 miles further south east on the French mainland coast.

Lorient is a large fishing port and today boasts six marinas, as well as some stunning anchorages up rivers and inlets.

The weather has remained as was.  Crap.    The upside being here is that it was Lanie’s birthday yesterday, and we had a wonderful dinner with the family onboard their boat.

Duck pancakes, loads and loads of them, followed by sticky date cake. All cooked lovingly by Al.

John was very surprised that the little oven on boat could produce such a feast, as I have always told him the oven is unfortunatley not up to cooking, and that is why we live on pasta and a jar!! Or he has to take us out to dinner! I saw his look sideways at me when Al passed over the recipes.

Getting a bit stir crazy  now. 

Have decided I could not be a world cruiser sitting in an anchorage waiting for the right weather for days on end.   Hoping to move on this afternoon to the Isle de Groix, where hopefully we can do some walking, before moving further south waiting for our weather window to cross the bay. 

We hope the crossing could be this coming weekend, and we want to be round the corner of Finistaire by Tuesday when the weather (if predictions are correct) will turn again and be on our nose.   Brittany and particularly South Brittany are beautiful and the people so very friendly but it is time to move on. 

Have really enjoyed cruising this area, but now have itchy feet .  We are behind schedule and need to make up some time if we want to enjoy the sunny south. 

Sue