Another beautiful day Sunday, much warmer than it should be for the last half of October. The NZ house/pet sitters and I had decided to go to Bon Repos market so that they could see a little more of Brittany before they left the next day.
The strange objects on the fish counter (at the front of this photograph) are swim bladders from gurnard fish. The fishmonger put the head on the counter to see if I could recognise it as, until I looked it up, I hadn't known that grondin was gunard.
Friends were sitting having coffee outside the restaurant opposite the stalls and we joined them for a while, chatting in the sunshine before walking around the market and then the Abbey. In this photo, other friends from bowls were there too having a drink in the sunshine.
We then drove through the forest of Quenecan to my favourite bakery at Mur de Bretagne where we bought things for lunch. There was nothing savoury so we had to buy cakes - life is difficult sometimes. We drove on to Lac de Guerledan and sat looking out over the lake enjoying the gorgeous weather - cake by the lake - could have been worse!
On the way back we went to Canihuel, the other side of the lake from Le Pelinec restaurant where the Kiwis had seen a blue crop field and wondered what it could be. We took photos of the flowers which were beautiful.
They had collected sweet chestnuts there on their bike ride and we amassed a huge quantity to bring home from just one large tree which had dropped hundreds of large nuts along the verge and in the field. These were very good roasted later in the evening.
This morning we all set off for Dinard airport and I left Wendy, Patrick and Chris there to continue their journey down to the Dordogne before returning to England for a couple of months and then back to New Zealand. It was lovely meeting them and I do hope we don't lose touch.
I was back in the early afternoon for Jac and Ken coming over with loads of hay for the animals and a good catch up back at home.
Three things I like:
1. Spending lovely days out with friends.
2. Getting the washing dry on the line in the late October sunshine.
3. Being home again.
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