La Roche Bernard
We left Redon the morning after delivering Esther and Olly to the airport. We or at least I had woken to the sound of a bow thruster [the noise is very distinctive] and we left soon after I had got the bread and a few provisions.
We needed to go through the swing bridge and really had no idea as to its opening times. Anyway we rang them on the VHF and to our delight he was opening in just 15 minutes. Actually the opening times are shown on a board below the bridge in small writing and obscured by grass and weeds!
It was then a gentle meander down river to Foleux, a delightful place with no more facilities other than a bar/café, and still no wifi or internet access.
It is however memorable for me at least because as I was loading one of the bikes on board my glasses fell into the water and were lost. This was however not a disaster for me as I always carry ‘thousands’ on board just in case this happens and for which I have been much criticised. I have always been mindful of the true reason that poor old Scott perished in the Antarctic. He had lost his glasses and gallant Oats then went to look for them but lost his own and then tragedy struck and they all perished. Scott had at the start insisted that no spares be carried to save weight. I have now doubled my stock!
We are now in La Roche Bernard and were allotted a space. All no problem except that the electric shore power did not work. I tried every thing to no avail and eventually undid all the connections to try to find the fault but could find none – all it required was for the marina to turn it on!!![there is a first time for everything!]
We aim to leave here on Saturday and will make our way back to Brest hopefully to meet up with the next crew member [JJ]. The plan is
Saturday 19th to Port haluigen
Monday 21st to Loctudy
Wednesday 23rd to Audrienne
Friday 25th to Camaret.
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