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. Then in Chateaulin 650 vehicles went a northern route through Huelgoat, Plougonver, Lannion, Paimpol, St Quay Portieux, Yffiniac, Sables d’Or, Ploubalay, Dinan, St Domineu, Vignoc and back to Rennes. The other 650 vehicles went south to Ergue-Gaberic, Concarneau, Guidel, Port-Louis, Pluvigner, Plumelec, Rochfort-en-Terre, Malestroit, St Nicholas de Redon, Grand-Fougeray and La Chapelle-Bouexic before joining up again in Rennes.
The tour consisted of vehicles of all shapes and sizes, vintage and classics, motor bikes, lorries and even caravans. Some drivers dressed up for the era of their cars, others just prayed they’d make it and unfortunately some didn’t as the follow up car carrier proved. Our guests in La glycine decided to go to the rally on the Sunday night in Redon and thought it was a great turn out and thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle. We went to Grand-Fougeray the following morning and found it a bit hot standing on the street waiting for the procession. The brochure I had was also a bit misleading as it seemed to indicate that all the cars would amass at the race track in Grand-Fougeray and then depart at 11am for the next town. What actually happened was that cars were still arriving from Redon at 10am while those that arrived earlier were already departing for Rennes. Some just sailed through without stopping at all.
Still we had a great time, saw some lovely old cars and I hope you enjoy my gallery of photos – sorry if there seem to be so many but it’s hard to decide which to leave out. There are also 3 Video clips for a bit of action. Clip 1 , Clip 2, Clip 3.
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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. Then in Chateaulin 650 vehicles went a northern route through Huelgoat, Plougonver, Lannion, Paimpol, St Quay Portieux, Yffiniac, Sables d’Or, Ploubalay, Dinan, St Domineu, Vignoc and back to Rennes. The other 650 vehicles went south to Ergue-Gaberic, Concarneau, Guidel, Port-Louis, Pluvigner, Plumelec, Rochfort-en-Terre, Malestroit, St Nicholas de Redon, Grand-Fougeray and La Chapelle-Bouexic before joining up again in Rennes.
The tour consisted of vehicles of all shapes and sizes, vintage and classics, motor bikes, lorries and even caravans. Some drivers dressed up for the era of their cars, others just prayed they’d make it and unfortunately some didn’t as the follow up car carrier proved. Our guests in La glycine decided to go to the rally on the Sunday night in Redon and thought it was a great turn out and thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle. We went to Grand-Fougeray the following morning and found it a bit hot standing on the street waiting for the procession. The brochure I had was also a bit misleading as it seemed to indicate that all the cars would amass at the race track in Grand-Fougeray and then depart at 11am for the next town. What actually happened was that cars were still arriving from Redon at 10am while those that arrived earlier were already departing for Rennes. Some just sailed through without stopping at all.
Still we had a great time, saw some lovely old cars and I hope you enjoy my gallery of photos – sorry if there seem to be so many but it’s hard to decide which to leave out. There are also 3 Video clips for a bit of action. Clip 1 , Clip 2, Clip 3.