Month: September 2024

  • We dropped Lucy and David off in St Malo, they’re catching the Brittany Ferries boat to Southport. It was very nice to have them staying and to be able to show them around Josselin and some of the surrounding area. Thanks for your visit you two! Great to see you again.

  • We’ve been to this museum several times since we started coming to Josselin, but they’ve totally renewed it in 2021 and our visitors were keen to see it so we went there one afternoon.  I was particularly struck by this exhibit titled “the eternal return of war” which I’ve translated below. “The eternal return of…

  • La Gacilly is a charming little village 45 kms from Josselin. The “Festival Photo de La Gacilly” is an annual event usually taking place between the months of June and October, during which some streets and the botanic gardens are decorated with photographs from professionals from all over the world. This year the main theme was Australian…

  • I wandered up to the market as per usual and was somewhat taken aback to see half a dozen or so armed soldiers guarding the place. It’s because of the pardon this weekend presumably but I can’t say I felt any safer having armed soldiers hanging about. The stall holders I talked to felt the…

  • It was a bit rainy today but it suited walking through the park, they have quite a few quirky objets d’art along the way.