Saturday 29th June 2019

Today we headed to the coast but as we didn't find anywhere to our liking for an overnight stay we visited the Abbaye de Beauport which Ann walked around while I changed a faulty rear indicator bulb on our van.

In medieval times Beauport was apparently the starting point on continental Europe for British pilgrims on the overland pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in North West Spain. The scallop shell symbol of Santiago marks the start of the trail.

Here's the route the medieval pilgrims would have taken. Of course Henry VIII put an end to all that! An earlier version of Brexit!

There are some fine views out to sea from the Abbey.

We moved on and stopped for the day at the village of Kermaria. There are some marvellous medieval frescoes on the walls of the chapel here. These had been painted over and remained hidden for hundreds of years until their recent discovery and renovation. 

The frescoes represent the "dance of death". All classes of people were taken prematurely by the then rampant "black death".

There were two posh weddings in the chapel this afternoon. We only had ten minutes to look around!

In the chapel porch are these old wooden carved figures.

Wedding guests were all around.

The once quiet parking area became a sea of activity.

Here's the priest for wedding number one (they had a different one in wedding number two).

Here's the bride arriving.

It seems traditional in these parts for the "happy couple" to drive off after the ceremony in a 2CV decked with vegetation. Possibly harking back to a time when the very best wheels any Breton could aspire to was one of these?

Now the weddings are over it's a lot quieter around our parking place.

Today we travelled 32 miles (52 kilometres). We are at N48.68562 W2.97599

Kermaria    Street View