12 couples joined us for our Summer Meet in Brittany this year based at Camping du Goulet just outside Brest. The campsite gave us a warm welcome and proved to be an excellent choice with caravan, motorhome and tent pitches together with various styles of mobile homes for hire.
A group of us arrived on Friday and we started our evening entertainment with a game of Crazy Golf. Lisa won the game but Nina surprised us all with a hole in one on a very difficult hole!
We officially started on the Saturday with an evening drink and get together followed by Pizza at the bar (open especially for us).
Sunday’s ride took us to Locmaria-Plouzané for coffee then on to Plougonvellin then back to Trégana for lunch. On returning to the site we stopped to look at the Blockhouses and the lighthouse at the Pointe du Petit Minou – a beautiful location. The evening’s entertainment included a music quiz which was won by Rex and Hannah.
Monday’s ride took us through Brest, past the Naval dockyards to the Plage de Moulin Blanc for coffee. We then crossed the river on the Pont Albert Louppe bridge and cycled on to Tinduff for lunch. We stopped at Plougastel to see the Calvary and to give Nick the opportunity to buy us all an ice cream! This evening’s entertainment was Finnish Skittles – pilots v stokers.
Tuesday’s ride took us on a different route to Plougonvellin for coffee then on to the Pointe de St-Mathieu to see the Abbey and lighthouse. We stopped at Le Conquet for lunch then crossed the estuary on the cycle route before retuning to the site. The evening’s entertainment was Tandem Drive (similar to Beetle Drive) and was played at the picnic tables surrounding the pool – well done Andy for winning
Wednesday was the usual rest day and some of us took the excellent tram service into Brest to see the various sites (Museums or the large Decathlon store at Guipavas). The evening’s entertainment was a quiz on Brittany and Emma was the winner.
Thursday we headed north to St Renan then up to Milizac for coffee. We then did an amalgamation of 2 rides based at St Renan before dropping back down to the St Renan lakes for lunch. Entertainment this evening was organised by the campsite who provided a Crèpe evening for us. The evening finished with Nick and Kate providing the music.
Friday we cycled west but had to shelter after 2 miles as we had a torrential downpour! The weather cleared and we cycled on to Ploumoguer for coffee then on to the Pointe de Corsen – the most westerly point of mainland France. We continued to Porspaul for lunch and sat on the quay side watching the fish then returned to the site via Plouzané. The final evening’s entertainment was the awards ceremony for all the winners – we were also given a lovely present for organising the trip – many thanks! We finished the Summer Meet with a final game of Finnish Skittles then said our good-byes.
Many thanks to everyone who attended for making this such an enjoyable week in glorious weather, excellent scenery and great company!
Lisa & Ian Warren