february finistère 2026/2

On the Tuesday   Watery sun, flat calm. Crossed over to the south bank via the dreaded N165, got off it, and drove to La Faou village for breakfast (good) then through Crozon to Camaret. 

Lovely to be back, although the weather heavily overcast and a bit of a drive. The scaffolding gone from the Vauban Fort, choughs rooting round, the derelict lobster boats still extant but further deteriorated… but let's get to the coast proper shall we?

So: moved south to the Pointe de Pen Hir and pottered round, even unto the brutalist ww2 monument (see above). Fine coastal view point but as per: sea haze restricting the range towards Pointe de Raz from La Salle Vert. So much to see but no encouragement from the meteorology.

Nevertheless, these are arguably the best cliffs in the Crozon environment. You really should take a look at a large scale map of this area you know: it is complex. We had a good holiday here back in the day. Except for the sea haze, that is. 

After a spell we moved on a little to beach trek round part of the Anse de Dinan bay, the sea a bit rougher here… there it was that the rain came. And stayed on, often in full spate for the duration of the daylight hours.

We drove all the way up to the Pointe des Espagnols and explored the battery right opposite Portzic & Brest in full waterproof attire. Almost a well propelled stone's throw across the Goulet de Brest.  Thereafter we drove (a misjudgement) all the way down to Douarnenez only to find it lacking any facility we could use or be wanting of. However spotted the previously missed lighthouse (see below) from a distant last visit here. result! Hmm. OK. The drive back was very wet with heavy spray on the diabolical N165 dual main road into Brest but filtered off with faultless navigation back to hotel. We ate in the cheap and cheerful resto (Chez George) under the hotel. So did not get wet.

On the Wednesday   Torrential rain at dawn and cloud down to rooftops. Abandoned hope, fed meter, ate petit déj in the hotel and M washed her hair. However just before midday we got going to Argentan to try and see Four (phare). Sat it out in the deserted harbour car park (total downpour) then quite suddenly the rain abated. 

Lovely views, sky opening bit by bit. Result! Drove to Le Conquet after filling up the motor with distillate, but instead went on the other side of the river and walked to Kermorvan. 

Dramatic skies, but stayed dry (had some sun too) until back in Brest where we ate early at Chez George after a brief walk up to look at La Place de Liberté. Better than yesterday. 

Rain resumed and got heavier and heavier after nightfall. 

Teeming down in gusting squalls. But we were snug enough.

The lantern of Kermorvan, Île d'Ouessant beyond