Short hop to Benodet

Thursday - Loctudy very peaceful town which is combination of fishing port, holiday resort and dedicated marina. Around fishing port there are 3-4 dedicated fish shops selling direct to public with a bewildering choice of fish and shell fish; bought a ‘pile’ of langoustines and shrimps for supper – ½ price of shops in places we had visited elsewhere & they were absolutely delicious. After lunch took a little ferry to other side Isle Tudy which appears to be a dedicated holiday island – little square with restaurants and then a beautiful long sandy beach – we walked along paddling for over an hour and half and still didn’t reach the end. Lots of parties of school children having a whale of a time – must have been end of term so guess its going to get busier from this weekend. Life just appears slower here.
Friday – long trip all of 5 Nm to next estuary, Benodet – a delightful seaside town with good marina and long walks. Entrance is very busy with literally dozens of boats big and little messing around - including lots of sailing schools so suddenly you get a line of 6 small sailing cats, full of kids, all in a row sailing across - speed limit is 3 kts as it is so busy - but guess what french totally ignore! There for lunch followed by long walk along coast & beach, water still bit chilly so resisted temptation to swim – but building up to it! Glorious evening – we were going to go out for meal but so nice on boat watching world go by on river that decided to eat on board. Quite amusing at ½ tide as current flows at 3-4 knots through marina and watching people manoeuvring is interesting and just a bit hair raising when they get it wrong. Weather forecast to get even better over next few days, certainly better than last year. PS signal stength here poor so can't get it to upload any photos.