Our plan for yesterday was to take the 2 hour tour of the Gulf of Morbihan, then get off at Ile aux Moines (Monks' Island) and tour around that island for awhile, then take the 15 minute ferry home. But there was a glitch - the tour boat said we couldn't take my scooter on board. So today, we are just taking the 2 1/2 hour tour of the Gulf. No scooter. We've ordered and paid for tickets online and just have to show the receipt on our phone. (I'm too old-school and am really uncomfortable with all this phone technology. Maybe someday.)
Dave dropped us at the boat dock and went to park the car. Janis and Clark stood in a line that so far has only a few people in it. I sat on a bench waiting for the boat to arrive and take us on board. The day is gray and cloudy and the wind is cold. I've taken all my layers with me, including hat and gloves.
Once aboard, Janis and Clark brave the cold of upstairs in pursuit of the best photos. Dave and I sat on a bench in the back of the boat, hopefully out of the wind for most of the time. Once we start, there is commentary about what we are seeing but it is all in French and very garbled, so I couldn't understand much. Janis and Clark had downloaded an English commentary to their phones which they said worked pretty well. Dave brought up his hiking app on his phone to track our movements and at least know what points of land we were seeing.
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| People waiting for the 15 minute ferry to Ile aux Moines |
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| the ferry arriving |
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| the ferry is loaded and ready to cross to Ile aux Moines |
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| Our dock with people loading our boat ready to tour. It was crowded, but no one sat anywhere near us, alleviating Covid concerns. (We had masks in our pockets just in case, but didn't feel we needed them.) |
One important site that we saw from afar was the island of Gavrinis which holds an important neolithic cairn. It's on the list of places to visit in the next few days, but it's one I can't visit because it's not handicap accessible. (Those neoliths just didn't worry whether someone might need a scooter or wheelchair to visit their cairn. Imagine that.)
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| Cairn of Gavrinis |
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| Entrance to Cairn of Gavrinis in background. There's a double stone circle on a small island called Er-Lannis in the foreground, part of which is now underwater. In the neolithic age, Gavrinis was not an island, but part of the mainland. |
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| menhirs on Er-Lannis In prehistoric times there was a river separating Gavrinis from Er-Lannis. Today the two islands are separated by part of the Gulf with a very strong current that flows where the river once flowed. |
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| Gavrinis (background) and Er-Lannis (foreground) |
A very enjoyable 2 hours even if really chilly.
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| Lynn, Janis, and Clark at the end of the trip |
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| an old-fashioned sailboat |
Home for lunch and then in the afternoon, Dave, Janis and Clark took a hike.
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| Janis and Clark |
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| by the single-lane bridge leading into Larmor-Baden |
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| Larmor-Baden |
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| you can walk to this island at low tide, but watch the tide or you'll have to wait 12 hours to cross again |
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| something to do with oyster farming |
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