PLOUGESNAU to ROSCOFF

FRIDAY 28th JUNE, 2019

The scene that greeted us this morning when we pulled back the curtains!

We left at 8 o'clock this morning for the drive on the fast road to Roscoff, giving ourselves plenty of time to call in at a service station to refuel the van, to find the rental car location in order to return the van and to unload the van.  It was just as well we did as refuelling in France is not as simple as it could be for foreigners....for instance, you cannot operate the bowser with an Australian card and we don't have a French one or an English one, there is often no attendant around to assist or to pay in cash and so the whole process can be rather frustrating.  However, the one we went to this morning was attached to the Casino Supermarket, so having spent about 20 minutes trying to get the bowser to work, Mike went into the shop and came back with a very obliging young man who tried to assist, couldn't, went back into the shop, returned with the appropiate card, the van was refuelled and we were able to pay the cashier in the shop.  Crisis averted and typical of the French people who, with very few exceptions, have been extremely friendly, polite and will go out of their way to be helpful.  Vive la France!

After returning, unloading the van and putting the bags on the bikes, we rode into the old port of Roscoff, sat in a cafe in the sunshine and enjoyed our morning coffee.  Mike volunteered to ride to a nearby laundry to do a load of washing, we sat on a bench overlooking the port and people watched till the washing was done and dried, had lunch and then checked into our hotel.

We went for a ride after settling in, to nearby Santec but it was closed!  Thinking we might find a cafe there where we could have coffee and f.a.c.c.s or an ice cream, we were disappointed to find the few shops there were closed so we returned to Roscoff, found a cafe where a beer and ice cream were consumed (not together) and are now having a break before going in search of dinner.

A heavy mist has settled over the town so I hope we don't get lost!