Visiting Binic

Yesterday, S took C off to visit more rellies so A,D,M,N and I went off to visit the town of Binic. On the way we called in for some wine and stuff to take home. Binic was slow on Sunday morning, and we strolled down the little streets, looking in a few of the shops that were open. We found a nice place for a coffee, then made our way down to the beach where the tide was a long way out. We passed the marina and a man power-washing the green off a boat - making a great job of it, too.

The 'long' beach at Binic

Near the sea wall some people had built two courses for a marble game that would be open at 12pm. The idea was to flick your marble along the course and presumably the least flicks won. We watched some of the young competitors having a go and it looked great fun. There were some fearsome obstacles in the way, but eventually everyone made it to the end.

We walked back towards towards town and some galettes and ice cream were bought, before we bumped into some of S's relations who just happened to be visiting also! At the end of the inner harbour we saw a huge shoal of large fish gathered at a water inlet all mouths agape in the water flow - strange.

The church in St Quay

The pretty round-about

Back in Portrieux we had to get everything ready for a quick getaway in the morning, then we went for a walk with D,S and C to the far end of St Quay, passing the prettiest round-about just on the side of the road. It was very popular and S remembered it from when she was little.

 This evening we walked down to the sea front and one of the cafe's with tables under tents for a 'last supper'. It was another beautiful evening and we had a lovely meal all together.

Today M&N and A&I set off early to get our ferries - they from Cherbourg and we from St Malo. As we were leaving port a sail-training ship was slipping out just in front of us, lots of people waving at it - and we thought they were waving us off! This was the Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian sail-training ship that had been visiting Northern European ports on the 500th anniversary of its namesake Admiral Vespucci.

Amerigo Vespucci

Binic
St Quay-Portrieux
Amerigo Vespucci