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La Pointe du Grouin and dinner in Cancale

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La Pointe du Grouin and dinner in Cancale

Drive past Cancale along the coast road and you will find La Pointe du Grouin, the most northerly tip of the St Malo peninsular.  On a sunny day, the views from here are spectacular.  I am always inspired looking at the vastness of the sea.  You can often see the Îles Chausey, though the best way to get to them is from Granville, the other side of the bay.  The point is on the GR34, the walking route around the coast of Brittany. Even on a not so sunny evening, when you look at the water you can see why this part of the Brittany coastline is called the Emerald Coast. We popped over to this...

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Le Tour de France 2016

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Le Tour de France 2016

The Tour de France is coming back to Mont St Michel next year on 1st July.  The last time we had a time trial that finished at Mont St Michel.  This time the start of stage one will be from Mont St Michel.  With stages 2 and 3 also starting close by, it promises to be an exciting weekend. Image source: Ouest de France.

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Mont St Michel at night

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Mont St Michel at night

During the summer the abbey at Mont St Michel is open until midnight every night except on Sundays until the end of August. It’s a great way to see the abbey without the crowds and can be much more relaxing and quite a bit cooler on a hot day.

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Raspberry or Cherry

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Raspberry or Cherry

The season is here and we have been caught out. The raspberries are quite straightforward and half an hour every 2 days seems to be enough to stay ahead of the ripening crop.  I will probably be picking raspberries until September. Cherries are bit more complicated. There are trees and ladders involved, and the best cherry tree is in the middle of the field, so I don’t just wander past to see how the cherries are coming on… so they have ripened while I haven’t been looking. Still we managed to gather about 5kg today and they are delicious. It’s a shame they...

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Jam Time

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Jam Time

I know it’s time to start making jam when the apricots arrive in the supermarket, the raspberries are turn pink and the Elder trees are covered in white blossom. And that’s now. I have just put the elderflowers to steep in water over night and will be making cordial tomorrow.  Next the jam apricots will suddenly appear in the supermarket in boxes of 5 kilos.  My crop of raspberries looks likely to be bumper, so I will certainly be making some apricot and raspberry jam in about 4 weeks time. Does anyone have any interesting jam recipes to share?

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Le Marathon du Mont St Michel 2015

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Le Marathon du Mont St Michel 2015

It’s arrived. It’s Marathon weekend and it seems most of our guests will be running!  Previous guests have talked about how gruelling the race is as although the terrain is mostly flat, you can see the finish, Mont St Michel, from about the half way point. Follow this link to find out more: http://www.montsaintmichel-marathon.com/ For this weekend it does mean that St Malo will be full of runners running a 5k and a 10k race, and Mont St Michel will be a place to avoid on Sunday unless you are wearing shorts and trainers! There are less energetic ways to explore the Baie du Mont...

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