France 2009, Day Twelve

Day twelve 17th June

Up early and on the road for 10:00 heading for another Siblu site at Pont Aven, the first thing I wanted to do, was to get a photo of the bridge over the mouth of the river Loire, the one we we crossed on the way. So it was out of the site right onto the D213 back the way we came and over the bridge, unfortunately there was no viewing place to stop and in looking for a view, we ended up off course and it took a bit to get back on track. Anyway we got back on the N171 (the way we came several days ago) we took a left on the D4/D773 to the N165. As we crossed over the river Vilaine we could see a suspension bridge down stream and a sign the said bride view, so we headed off the road into the service area (Aire de Marzan) for a look.

To cut a long story short, after a walk in and out of the woods, we eventually found a path down to the river, to a place under the bridge we had just driven across. The Bridge we were under Pont du Morbihan (1995), the arch of the bridge has 2 staircases to allow pedestrians to cross the river Vilaine under the main car deck, so we had a walk over. From there we could see the suspension bridge the Pont de La Roche-Bernard (1960), the older bridge was accidental destroyed, when the lightning hit explosives installed by the German army.

We could have walked all the way to the suspension bridge but we did not have the time as there was another stop we wanted to make. So it was back on the N165 to Auray where we took a detour on the D768 and D119 to Carnac with it hundreds of megalithic standing stones. We parked in a free car park next to the visitor centre and considered do in a trip on the little land train but it was finished for lunch, so we just had a walk around one of the larger field of stones. At this time for year you are not allowed in with the stones unless you are on a guided tour, we read that the average visit to Carnac is about one hour long, we were there about an hour.

Back the way we came back onto the N165, I had decided we would not take the recommended turnoff but take the next one as this missed out driving through Pont Aven, we did need to refuel soon but had plenty in reserve. We had plenty that is if the turnoff had not been closed and we had to drive the extra distance to the next one and then find fuel. As soon as we were off the main road we stopped and found the nearest petrol station on the GPS and headed there, it was the most expensive fuel we bought but what can you do. Getting back to the route, it should have been off the N165 left onto the D24 right on the C3 / D77 to the site.

PONT AVEN Siblu's Domaine de Kerlann Rue de l'Ocean, 29930 Pont-Aven Web Site

Reception was friendly as usual but again we were put on a totally unsuitable pitch, as we drove round with the number of of the pitch in hand I said to Dot "no need to look, that one over there, the small one with a rock as big as any at Carnac in the middle of it will be ours" and it was.  As with the last campsite we were the only tourer there, so had the pick of pitches, we just moved and informed reception as to what we had done.

It was too late to do anything now, so we had a walk around the site, something to eat (with chips from the takeaway) and wandered back over to the entertainment part of the site and had some beers and watched a singer on the outside stage.