It turned out that we had picked a pretty good spot to rest for the night. The campsite was nothing special, but we were right by the most scenic part of the Côte de Granit Rose! Just 5 minutes away was the protected site of Ploumanac’h, where giant pink rocks merged with cypress trees.
The hiking trails were technically off-limit for bikes, so we couldn’t explore the rest of the park. 😦
In any case, we hadn’t had breakfast yet so a pain-au-chocolate was in order!
We then got rather lost on our way to Perros-Guirec, going around in circles looking for the little green cycling sign, and in a really hilly area of all places! We took more than an hour to cover 3kms, and were so frustrated that we decided to stop for lunch as soon as we managed to find the coast (bypassing Perros-Guirec altogether).
Our aim for Day 3 was to get the evening ferry to Île-de-Bréhat, where we would relax and party for a few days at our friend’s family home. We barely covered 10kms that morning, so after lunch we pedalled non-stop in the direction of Paimpol in the most direct way possible (but still managed to stop for some photos!)
We followed the EuroVelo4 cycling route but sometimes ended up on really busy main roads when we lost track of the little green signs. There is not much room for cyclists on these busy roads, and many large trucks use the stretch too, speeding along at 70kph. Not recommended! But I guess taking these direct roads was a tad faster than the farm roads and we managed to reach the L’Arcouest ferry at 6pm, just in time to meet our friends who had flown in from Switzerland that day!
Brehat in the distance!
Photo by Nicolas Quèbre
KMs done: 60
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