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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!” \u00a0Greg’s own words!!! \u00a0Thoughtfully, he managed to get a photo of the nest for me!<\/p>\n

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Fore-warned is fore-armed! \u00a0We will have to be careful as we pass Le Logeo Port. \u00a0But that’ll not be for a few days yet. \u00a0Hopefully, 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.<\/p>\n

We re-found one of the rocks we practised on before our Kimbrley trip a couple of years ago. \u00a0 The guideline was that we were supposed to be able to scramble over one metre high boulders. \u00a0At the time – as I recall – we couldn’t even get onto it – never mind over it! \u00a0It’s listed on the map as the “Yellow Menhir”. \u00a0To me it look a bit like a metre high rock covered in yellow lichen… \u00a0We didn’t even try climbing it this time!<\/p>\n

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We passed lots more pretty little coves and beaches. \u00a0One of these was covered in coffee beans. \u00a0Well, 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:<\/p>\n

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Another small port at St Gildas de Rhuys – Le Port aux Moines…<\/p>\n

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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. \u00a0The Dutch flag just becomes a very short version of the original with its horizontal stripes!<\/p>\n

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The walk between the Port and the Grand Mont is the most strenuously up and down section of the whole coastline. \u00a0More lovely beaches and an occasionally “edgy” cliff-top path.<\/p>\n

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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. \u00a0I need to do some research!<\/p>\n

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But until then …<\/p>\n

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