Port la Forêt

We have decided we will make our passage to Spain on Monday as there is a weather window. We would love to have more time in France but if we are to get into the Mediterranean before winter we have to push on and get further South. This is a jam-packed weekend with passage-planning, dingy- repairing, provisioning, refuelling, 5 loads of Laundry, car rental, stocking up in decathlon and two trips to take in the sights of the old town of Concarneau. When we return home at 10pm one evening Ruby says the experience reminds her of our trip to London 2 years ago - fun and go go go!
The car rental company is in the next town over so in order to get there Ronan and I walk, with scooters thrown over our shoulders, through lovely old pathways by the sea and through woods . We scoot from one side of town to the other, rent the Car and return home to a lovely lunch prepared by Colm and Ruby.
During our first visit to Concarneau we take in the sights of the beautiful old town on the fortified island and go for dinner. We spend very little time in any tourist shops but Colm and Ruby have just enough time to spot some fancy daggers and Swords. We manage to leave empty handed. There is so much chat about this amazing shop and we just can’t leave for Spain without seeing it. We return on Sunday and Colm buys a fake dagger. Ronan goes to the cafe and continues passage planning while the Colm, Ruby and I proceed to visit all the tourist shops buying postcards, tea towels, biscuits and very very expensive kids sweets - we were had.
Ronan and Ruby do most of the provisioning in Lidl on Saturday but conclude that Lidl in France is nothing compared to her Irish cousin. We plan to top up in one of the larger supermarkets on Sunday only to discover they are closed on Sundays. We make do with our little local shop and get enough lettuce to last us until we get to Spain.Read more