I bid adieu, or rather au revoir to White Morning, our home these last eight days. It’s a windy grey morning near the harbour. The France and Breton flag snap and flap madly in the wind. To say goodbye to Concarneau, our base the last 4 days, I pay a quick farewell visit to this… Read More Goodbye to Concarneau, hello Nantes and home.
The day after Carnac, Mike and I drop Lindsey off at the train station to make her way home. It’s a sad moment, the Fellowship of the Mast is coming to an end. Later the same afternoon Mike and I take our rental car to visit Pont Aven. This pretty little town was made… Read More Pont Aven Washout & the Cathedral and the Bridges of Quimper.
We pay a trip to the extraordinary site of Carnac. The fields for miles around are dotted with Neolithic stones, placed in mysterious alignments of up to 1.3 kilometers (roughly a mile). Constructed 3,500-4,5000 BC, some 6 thousand years ago, they are an amazing sight. There are also dolmens like this one. The cap stone weighs 30-40 tonnes.… Read More Carnac and around
Another days sailing done. Having survived a mix of weathers, a run-in with a spiteful tug boat and long day’s sail, we find ourselves coming into view of our next stop: Concarneau. Passing the first harbor walls, it is a beautiful evening. Even from sea, the place looks amazing. In fact, arriving by sea is… Read More Sailing Brittany part VII- Audierne to Concarneau.
a- Getting there. Dave, alas, has departed back home, to England, and work. Our crew is a man down. But we few remaining sailors, just three now, must press on, to our next destination. That destination, our new target, is Audierne. A new chapter awaits. We sail out fairly early to catch the tide, passing… Read More Sailing Brittany part VII- Cameret to Audierne.
Having survived the beautiful weather; low winds; our horsing around at sea and- for me personally- about two hours in the sea, acting as dummy in the safety drill for Mike’s new Man-over-Board procedure, (and deservedly winning my two Oscars in the process) we finally arrive at Cameret-sur-Mer. It has been a good day’s sailing. The… Read More Sailing Brittany VI: the Fellowship of the White Mast.
Arran Q Henderson 