St Malo to Dinard to Lancieux

Today's journey started just like yesterday's - I got lost!🙄😂 I turned right instead of left when leaving the port and, fortunately, had only walked a couple of hundred metres before I realised my (very common, let's face it) mistake. I asked a man (in French) where the boat for Dinard sailed from, and he replied in perfect English 😂. There was a bit of a wait for the boat, but I was surrounded by Brit cyclists and it was good to hear English voices. The boat trip took just 10 minutes but cut off a walk of 13.5km.
It was simple (even for me) when we reached Dinard to find the GR34 - just turn right and keep the sea to your right. Which I managed to do for the vast majority of the route 👏👏👏. As well as walking along promenades, I climbed up and down little hills, bimbled up and down lots of steps, clambered over rocks and got 'lost' only two or three times. Each time, I either found my own way back to the route (thanks to Komoot) or was pointed in the right direction by a French person, in English 😂.
One lady asked me if I was randonéeing so I told her (in French) that I was walking the GR34 - which she was doing! She then told me she didn't speak English, even though I'd spoken in French🙄😂. Didn't think I was that bad!
After a very nice lunch stop half way, in St Lunaire, where i came upon a very passable Brittany Coke Zero, I carried on for Lancieux. The heavens opened a couple of times, the first time typically, when I was climbing a hill. But I reached my apartment with little difficulty and, after a shower and clothes wash, went out in search of something to eat. Google told me there were no shops nearby (and I wasn't prepared to do a 5+km round trip just for half a baguette and some cheese), but there were restaurants. So I bimbled down to the beach and found Les Sardines. You might think they served... sardines? Nah - the only thing I could have, after a 20+km day, was either bread with pesto, or a gaufre. I had both! I had some difficulty understanding that the pesto wasn't made from bears' who knows what?😂 I can only imagine the garlic cloves are very large! But it was delicious, just not what I wanted.
Tomorrow is a very long day (over 32km) which I'm certainly not doing! I'm now going to plan my shortcuts and taxi ride🤗🤗🤗Read more