I wake up to an overcast day which turns to a light rain shower as I leave the house,but I decide to carry on with my ride to Vannes.
It takes me just over 30 minutes to reach Vannes,and as its market day there is a lot of traffic. I park in the newly laid area to the right of the port rather than my usual spot on the cobbles by the cafes.
I wander round the market & the shops,but nothing catches my eye to buy, except these garden ornaments-cute metalwork birds-but there is no way I could carry the 5ft poles home on my motorbike!!
The port
There has been lots of work carried out around the port area,including a new Tourist Information centre and an exhibition centre, which is showing an exhibition about the lifeboat rescues, which includes these outside photographic images.
The streets of Vannes are lined with picturesque timbered houses. It appears that a modern extension has been built on the top of one of the houses below.
Another addition to the town’s landscape are these hire bike stations which are scattered around the town. The prices seem pretty reasonable: a standing charge ranging from 1 euro for a day,5 euro for a week, 28 euro for a year, plus for each use the first 30 mins is free, 2nd 30 mins is 1 euro, then 2 Euros for each hour after that.
After Vannes I pop to the Hypermarkets on the edge of town where I buy a multi coloured coast hook for the bathroom, an outfit for Matilda in the sales 75% off,bargain! and an unusual bottle of aperitif-Merlot & Kir
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