For the best part of the week we were at the Camping d'Ys, near the Plage de Kervel about 5 miles from Plonévéz-Porzay. The mobile homes were very suitable for our purposes, but we would have liked to have a kettle to boil water rather than saucepans plus a full set of cleaning materials, which the owner could hardly expect us to buy in view of the shortness of our stay. Consequently a cleaning surcharge of €12.50 , which we would have considered very reasonable had we known about it in advance. The cost was £152 per week for each mobile home, which contributed to making it a very cheap holiday. Although I had worked out routes for each day of the stay, circumstances dictated that we more or less did our own thing. I was very pleased to visit the Menez-Hom again since my last visit in 2002 during the French equivalent of our birthday rides, La Semaine Fédérale. Andy Easton and I visited the education museum at Croaz Névéz near Tregarvan. It was rather like the one at Morwellham Quay. It was sad to read how evilly little Breton children were treated who could not speak French. Other trips of my own included a trip to Crozon, Chateaulin to see how far the railway station there was from where we were staying, a trip to Carreg ar Tan (a fire beacon), a visit to Locronan with John and Jennifer Durham, Andy E and Mike Willacy, a cycle ride up a cycle path from Le Juch to Plogonnec. The route back took us via Huelgoat, Barrien and the long descent into Morlaix. Everyone was delighted with the accommodation and service at the Maison de Kerdies. Maybe we should put a positive comment on Tripadvisor about that. Unfortunately we were not spoiled for weather, though we missed the horrendous floods which hit France that week, and along with Trevor Bradshaw and Mike Willacy I developed a very nasty cold about midweek which clipped my wings a bit. My total distance was about 440 miles at a basic cost of about £212.
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