Cancale

After an ok night's sleep and the provided Continental breakfast, we started out earlish. The forecast was for a cloudy cool morning, but then rain midday turning "torrential" in the afternoon. Knowing this was a long hiking day, mostly on sorta remote headlands, we talked about options. We did revise one section by cutting across a peninsula instead walking all the way around, as we wanted to get as far as possible early in the day. And we checked in with ourselves when the trail connected to a road that might have provided a short cut.

The walk was all headlands and bluffs, interrupted by beautiful sandy beaches (there were people swimming at almost every one). This walk felt like more of a hike, with rocky trails and a lot of up and down. Nothing was over 120 ft elevation, but we did it over and over!! Services were sparse/non-existent.

Luckily mid-day found us on a popular point that had a restaurant. We enjoyed our rest and a yummy meal - oysters, sausage for bill, a duck salad (with gizzards) for me, and a shared pichet of wine.

By the last few miles, the up and down was often big stone stairs that were really kicking my butt! Also at this point (12 miles in) my legs were fatigued and I could sense a worse trip risk for myself. We decided to compete the last mile and a half into town on the streets.

Amazingly, the rain held off all day, in fact there's been nice sun breaks. Our luck!

Rested in our room for a bit (and showered!), and by then the rain was here with ferocity. Luckily our room is right on a strip with restaurants so we ducked out to find something. We ended up in a covered outdoor space with the rain pounding down, and indulged ourselves on oysters and shrimp, cod and steak, and chocolate desserts. I think we earned the calories :-)

Mileage: 13.7Read more