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A sad week

Pauline’s mother died on Monday, she had been in St Andrew’s rest home for many years. It was timely as she was becoming increasingly frail, however it’s hard particularly for Pauline being on the other side of the world at the time. The staff at St Andrew’s were great, and thankfully Paulines sister was able to be there. Her brother flew over from Australia to help with things. Upsetting for everyone but it is natural and we can be thankful that Jocelyn was in such a good place.

We had previously arranged to go to the nearby town of Pontivy and take the Napoleon Express train and I thought that might be a useful diversion for Pauline so we took the bus to Pontivy.

Pontivy castle 15th century.
We had dinner with a view of the castle.
They give you this free newspaper on the train.
One of the villages we passed through.
Pontivy gare.
We visited a second hand shop in Pontivy and I bought this nice Renault 4cv for my collection of quirky French cars.
In our kitchen.
I also spotted this manche à gigot for 6 euros. It’s for holding the boney part of a leg of lamb while you’re carving it. I’ve never seen one before.

We had ridden our bicycles to Ploermel to get serviced and they were ready so on Saturday we took the bus to Ploermel and rode back home. There’s a green way bike and walking path from Ploermel to the canal and then you ride along the canal, about 19 kms.

The owner of the bike shop collects mopeds and this one belongs to his son. Peugeot. I thought it was rather cute.
We stopped at this crêperie next to the canal and had a cold drink. What a great idea.
The Crêperie was in a tiny caravan. Lovely spot for it.

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  1. Janet Avatar
    Janet

    Really enjoying the updates and the photos. Especially the miniature cars . You have a great collection!!. The shirt is looking rather spiffing too 🙂 ha ha

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