Across to France 1st stop - Brittany

Next day was again beautiful sunshine and we headed straight for the port. The crossing was great, extremely calm seas, comfortable boat, good food, couple of dolphins and a short kip later and we arrived in France. Complete disorganisation over directions, poor French signage and the incredibly slow sat nav ensured that we got lost straight away in Roscoff and by the time we made it to the campsite in Sainte Marguerite the office was closed. However, there were instructions to find a pitch if they had closed and we did that and managed to catch the sunset over the dunes before supper.

The first day in Brittany we wandered down to the beach to check out the wind and conditions; the tide was out and the wind was offshore but Steve managed to spot kites on a far off beach (Lampaul-Ploudalmezeau) where the wind would be onshore. We jumped in the van and headed round the coast to find a kite school and some locals setting-up on the beach. As the tide was still out we decided to try a bit of landboarding first. We set-up our kites and messed around on the beach for a bit before deciding the wet sand wasn’t that much fun and sea definitely looked more inviting. A quick change of clothes and we grabbed our kitesurf boards and took to the water. Conditions were really good, clear water, sunshine and only a few learners to contend with. We both had a good session which was only slightly marred by the fact Ste managed to take out one of the locals who looked very unhappy about it despite his profuse apologies. As the tide came in we decided to call it a day and head back to the campsite. The forecast for the next few days didn’t look good so we headed onward the next morning.

We moved on round the coast and decided to call in at Penhors as we headed south. Penhors is a 15km stretch of pure white sand with crystal clear water and the bonus of hard packed sand, with the sun shining it looked like a tropical island but unfortunately was totally windless. We had some lunch and as the tide came back in a light breeze picked up. We grabbed the frenzy and our boards and went to set-up on the beach. The wind was decent enough and we spent a good hour bombing up and down the beach towing each other. Penhors is possibly the best landboarding spot in the world and we definitely plan to return for longer one day.