I left a sunny warm Théhillac in some haste, to arrive safely at Brest.
Later we went and plucked plums in the rain, for jam making, then had a long walk around the port with it’s many shops and restaurants.
I noticed the commercial part of the port is reviving.
Brest, home of the dashing ‘Goélette’ La Recouverance of Brest, a replica ‘privateer’, ‘lettre de marque’ vessel, an armed schooner.
In other words a legalised pirate ! 
My Brest friends told me, during the Napoleonic Wars you won all the battles but we made all the money !
Joel taught me many new French words, mostly sea faring terms.
It took less time than expected, 2.5 hrs.
Yet again Marie Therese produced a superb lunch, a lasagne with salmon with a magic sauce I don’t understand accompanied by fresh bread, fresh green salad and an interesting wine provided by Joel from the cote de Rhone.
This eveing’s light meal is accompanied by a rare Castel de Brames (Gaillac) red wine, made traditionaly from some of the most ancient grape stock in all France.
