Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

We are staying in Lorient for a few more days. This is our view today. For those of you with any interest in WWII, this is the Chateau where Admiral Karl Doenitz ran the U Boat campaigns against the allied convoys. A tad ostentatious....

[Tago Mago]

@Giles the Nazis were not known for low-key or subtle

[FlavourFade]

@Giles very supervillainy

[Giles]

And we have the submarine pens to starboard:

and a Vaubon fort to port:

[Giles]

Last night we popped into the Tabac for a quick drink. We prefer the Tabac to the other more upmarket bars, it’s down a sleazy side street opposite the public loos, but is where the locals hang. Long story short, we have been invited to go play Boule Bretonne plombée later today.

I have a feeling drinking may be involved.

[endo]

@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

I have a feeling drinking may be involved.

c'est la vie

[Giles]

[Tago Mago]

I mean you have to respect local traditions, right?

[Giles]

Yes, do not want to offend our new Breton friends.

Waiting to be picked up at the Tabac…..

[Matt]

It would seem that our crucial mistake when embarking upon our great adventure was bringing our kids. You guys seem to be having a much better time.

[endo]

there are times with the kids (and they are great), and there are times past that (and i'm not going to tell you how great these are but you will know)

[goosehd]

[Giles]

Hoëdic - this will do a for a day or two.... )

[goosehd]

@Giles That looks dreadful...

[Tago Mago]

@Giles i really feel for you. All those hardships you have to endure

[Giles]

Fishing looks great. Hope we are sober enough to try after lunch ….

[goosehd]

@Giles ...now you're just showing off. May your lines stay tight and your arms get tired

[Giles]

Post fishing filleting…..

[Giles]

My life for the last week....

Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, we had an absolutely wonderful time with Szymon (who I met fishing in Oman a few years ago, and we now do a Morocco trip and a somewhere-else-fishing-trip every year) and his family....

[Giles]

Our end destination was always planned to be Ile aux Moines, where another fishing friend (Guilhem) has a family home. He invited us a few years ago, and SAKURA made it happen....

We were wined (and Champagned, and Polish Cherry Vodka'd) and dined (Oysters, Canard etc etc etc) by Guilhems parents.

It was the first time we had left SAKURA anchored overnight, so it was with a little trepidation, I looked out of the window at first light (yes we were going fishing), to check if she was still there.....