Having told us all about hornets in India other day, Greg was stung by one yesterday! Talk about coincidences! Not nice. Especially as he was just two stings from a REALLY bad situation. “One sting go to a pharmacy/doctor. Two stings straight to hospital. Three stings or more call the undertaker!” Greg’s own words!!! Thoughtfully, he managed to get a photo of the nest for me!
Fore-warned is fore-armed! We will have to be careful as we pass Le Logeo Port. But that’ll not be for a few days yet. Hopefully, the authorities will have dealt with the nest by then. Well done Greg – he staggered to the port operative selflessly to report it before heading to the pharmacy.
We re-found one of the rocks we practised on before our Kimbrley trip a couple of years ago. The guideline was that we were supposed to be able to scramble over one metre high boulders. At the time – as I recall – we couldn’t even get onto it – never mind over it! It’s listed on the map as the “Yellow Menhir”. To me it look a bit like a metre high rock covered in yellow lichen… We didn’t even try climbing it this time!
We passed lots more pretty little coves and beaches. One of these was covered in coffee beans. Well, strictly speaking, “covered” is a bit of an exaggeration. And the “coffee beans” were actually tiny cowrie shells – it’s just that that’s what they are called in the local patois:
Another small port at St Gildas de Rhuys – Le Port aux Moines…
The flag at the port shows how the French got the design of their tri-color wrong while the Dutch got theirs right. When the French flag gets worn out at the end it becomes a “bi-color” – white and blue. The Dutch flag just becomes a very short version of the original with its horizontal stripes!
The walk between the Port and the Grand Mont is the most strenuously up and down section of the whole coastline. More lovely beaches and an occasionally “edgy” cliff-top path.
At the north end of this stretch – at the Grand Mont there is a magnificent cross. The landward side is pitted with many little craters. My guess is that it was used as a target – or possibly something much worse – in the war, and that these are indeed bullet holes. There is no single dent on the seaward side. I need to do some research!
But until then …
Only 240 years approx , so still early days in getting the dye mix and fixing agent perfected.
Not 100% sure what you mean… in fact very close to 0%. Need further explanation please
I was being a bit too obtuse I think.
France has only had their flag since the revolution and perhaps they are still working to get the dye mix correct to be resistant to fading in the sun.