Fete des Remparts in Dinan

Not quite Loire Atlantique but close enough for a great day out,  every two years Dinan blows our minds with a superb 2 day Medieval festival and this year was no exception. Read More »

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disused stretch of Nantes-Brest canal reopened

Loire Atlantique celebrated the re-opening of a stretch of canal between St Nicholas de Redon and Fégréac last Saturday (3rd July 2010).  Read More »

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Restaurant Pizzeria L’Intermezzo

Loire Atlantique is brimming with great places to eat but if you can walk there that’s a real plus Read More »

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A new look for La Gacilly

The great thing about friends visiting us in Loire Atlantique is that it gives us an opportunity of going to places we thought we knew well and getting a lovely surprise Read More »

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30th Tour de Bretagne with 1300 vehicles

Loire Atlantique is just down the road from Grand-Fougeray so off we went

last Monday to see this tour for the first time.   It started in Rennes with the whole entourage of 1300 vehicles driving to Chateaulin on the 21st which must have been quite a sight and perhaps next year we’ll try to see this part of it. Read More »

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Coming from St Malo?

Before you get to Loire Atlantique …

Well of course if you’re stopped from flying to Rennes by some vulcanic ash cloud as I was, the best thing to do is make the most of the situation by visiting a place I’ve always wanted to see Read More »

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Argentine Tango in Roche Bernard

Loire Atlantique is the place to be… for the Argentine Tango

Not the place that immediately comes to mind when thinking about a Tango but last Sunday together with some friends we went to a lovely bar in Roche Bernard and watched a local Argentine  Tango club strut its stuff. Read More »

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A new decade

Loire Atlantique welcomes in 2010

Fingers crossed it’ll be better than the last.   It was going to be a fairly quiet time over the Christmas period chez nous, Read More »

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Enough Already!

Whoever said bad things come in threes…

Has obviously never met me.   I think I have definitely gone over the average quota here.  So far in the space of a couple of months, my car’s died, the dryer stopped drying, my back improved only to be agrivated by a bus’s emergency stop in the UK, and now my latest emergency … Read More »

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The pallet king of Guémené

It’s amazing what one man can do with pallets and some time on his hands… Read More »

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