{"id":1684,"date":"2014-08-20T18:51:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T18:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2019-05-14T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:48:28","slug":"locronan-brittany-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"Locronan, France. 2014 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelled : 68 miles to Locronan in Brittany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited : Roscoff, Le Faou and Locronan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay : Locronan municipal campsite, all services \u20ac22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up early we walked up to the centreville, Saint-Pol-de-Loren. It’s quite a walk up the hill, much easy yesterday on the bikes. As we approach there are barricades on the road, as we get closer we can see its market day. We walk the stalls, buy some fresh fish for dinner, a baguette. There are lots of fruit and vegetables but we shopped up on those yesterday at the Carrfour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Market day Saint-Pol-de-Leon. Fish for dinner tonight. Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Anyway back at the camper car, we breakfast, close everything up and head to the services area to do the house keeping.  Then where off to Roscoff, it only about 8 kilometre but we stop off at a couple of lookouts.  The car ferries run a regular service from Roscoff to Ireland.  As we enter town we see signs for discount liquor and casinos.  Knowing how expensive wine and spirits are in Ireland it’s not surprising it’s a duty free hot spot.  Don’t know much about casinos but I don’t remember seeing any in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where soon off again heading west along the coastal road through Brittany, however it’s time to head south and we eventually turn for Brest. \u00a0We bypass the city and continue our journey. Well inland now the countryside is changing. \u00a0There are larger stretches of forested land, wind farms and the houses have changed much less stone, more rendered brick cottages. It a late lunch again and we stop at Le Faou and pretty coastal village on the junction to the Crozon peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see camper cars seem to attract each other especially around lunchtime, Locronan, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We do the usual camping car lunch, before heading off to walk the village and light a candle in the church. \u00a0There are several other camper cars in the little carpark adjacent the water. \u00a0We have only seen two other GB plated campers since leaving Calais, most are French. \u00a0We have seen lots of Italian campers, but they seem to run in packs and we often see 3-4 travelling or parked together. \u00a0It’s a bit of a strange camper car thing. \u00a0You drive into a car park and stop, 15 minutes later there are 2-3 parked nearby. \u00a0It’s a safety in numbers thing I suppose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The church steeple in Locronan was been struck by lighting 3 times in the 1800. They gave up rebuilding it and it has a very stumpy little steeple. Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Continuing on we arrive at Locronan thirty minutes later. \u00a0The village has a very Celtic sounding name and may well be some reference to the ancient Bretagne we suppose. \u00a0Anyway the Rough Guide rates the place very highly and so here we are. \u00a0It is one of the few village\/town we have seen that does not have a modern section or part. \u00a0All the building are of heavy stone, no brick or render. \u00a0It is a bit of a tourist trap with every shop selling Bretagne this or that. \u00a0However is has a real charm and we ride our bikes down from the campsite both morning and afternoon for the two days we are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pam lights another candle, The Notre Dame, Locronan, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We stay at the municipal campsite for both nights, at \u20ac22 a night it’s beyond our normal budget, but we need a washing machine and everything needs a charge. \u00a0Apart from that the campsite is above the village half way up the hill. \u00a0The views of the valley beyond and the waters of the Crozon are worth the money (well almost).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For our usual morning walk the local tourist map shows a walk from the campsite up to the lookout at La Motte. \u00a0It’s a real hike up hill the whole way, however the views are spectacular and as an added bonus we find this small church on top of the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A La Motte selfie, Locronan, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A small but beautiful little church at La Motte. The hill above Locronan on our morning walk from our campsite. Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Entry into the church yard La Motte, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From La Motte, Locronan in the valley below and the waters of the Crozon peninsula in the distance, Brittany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Travelled : 68 miles to Locronan in Brittany Visited : Roscoff, Le Faou and Locronan. Stay : Locronan municipal campsite, all services \u20ac22 Up early we walked up to the centreville, Saint-Pol-de-Loren. It’s quite a walk up the hill, much easy yesterday on the bikes. As we approach there are barricades on the road, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-1684","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\/1684","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=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17567,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/17567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}