{"id":1595,"date":"2014-08-14T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T17:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2019-05-13T12:26:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T02:26:33","slug":"dinan-brittany-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=1595","title":{"rendered":"Dinan, Brittany. 2014 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Travelled : 210 miles to Dinan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited : Cherbourg, Dinan, Brittany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay : Dinan municipal campsite, \u20ac15 with power and services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Up early for a walk and some fruit for breakfast. \u00a0We make the decision to drive up to Cherbourg for a look see. \u00a0Apart from that the living area air conditioner in the Hymer did not seem to be running properly and there&#8217;s a Dometic agent there so off we go. \u00a0Long story short the agent has gone on holidays. Bugger ! We spend the morning driving around looking at the sights, have a coffee and then continue on to Dinan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image51-e1408380250319.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image51-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Known for its narrow lanes, cobbled street and half wooden house, I think I have captured all three. Dinan, Brittany, France.  2014\" class=\"wp-image-1600\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Known for it&#8217;s narrow lanes, cobbled street and half wooden house, I think I have captured all three. Dinan, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst visiting Mont Saint Michel in 2013 we bumped into an Australian couple who were staying in Dinan. They raved about it, as does the Rough Guide. Anyway the GPS has us at the campsite at 2 pm. We settle into a lovely little spot under some trees and start chatting with an English couple in the camper car next to ours. It&#8217;s the first time Pam and I have chatted to anyone but ourselves for four days, so it a nice change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image50.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image50-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-1599\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image52-e1408381260438.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image52-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Riding between showers in Dinan, Brittany.  2014\" class=\"wp-image-1601\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Riding between showers in Dinan, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I jump back on google and find there&#8217;s a Dometic Agent in Dinan as well (bugger again). \u00a0We chat in broken French come English and we have an appointment tomorrow. \u00a0Post script he re-gases it and all seems good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image53-e1408381344571.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image53-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful views of the viaduct and old Port of Dinan on the canal from the walls of the old city, Brittany, France.  2014\" class=\"wp-image-1602\"\/><\/a><figcaption>From the walls of the old city, &nbsp;some wonderful views of the viaduct over the canal and the old port of Dinan.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinan is an ancient town fortified on a hill, cobble streets, stone walls, lovely parks, bike tracks, narrow lanes and little bars and restuarants. I&#8217;ll let the pictures tell the story. Tomorrow&#8217;s a public holiday in France and we may stay a third day as it&#8217;s so nice here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelled : 210 miles to Dinan Visited : Cherbourg, Dinan, Brittany Stay : Dinan municipal campsite, \u20ac15 with power and services Up early for a walk and some fruit for breakfast. \u00a0We make the decision to drive up to Cherbourg for a look see. \u00a0Apart from that the living area air conditioner in the Hymer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-1595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-french-villages","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17544,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions\/17544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}