Erquy, and some GR34 mini-hikes

Today (Thursday) we did a day trip to Erquy (the scallop capitol of France, and also the inspiration for the village of Asterix the Gaul).  It was a lovely little town, and like a lot of places that we've found in France in the middle of October, very quiet!  Today there were 2 tourists in all of Erquy.

This is the view from the beach (all the restaurants and - we think - all the fish/seafood arrive on the right of the picture.

We had a lovely lunch - Sonya had the scallops (of course) and I had the set menu - three course with fish soup, fish of the day and "Far Breton" for desert.  I wanted to compare the soupe au poisson vs the one we had the previous day in Dinard, and the "Far Breton" with the one we had in Mont St Michel.

We did a couple of very short GR 34 hikes - the points of Erquy and Frehel (the two yellow circles on the map below.  Cape Frehel was the most spectacular that we've seen on our trip so far!

Cape Erquy.

Just outside of Erquy, we drove to the parking and walked around the point.  The rocks (like a lot of the houses in Erquy) had a pinkish tinge.  (Next week we're travelling to the Cote de Granite Rose so we think this is a preliminary taste.)

Cape Erquy.

Cape Frehel off in the distance.

You can count the layers of sediment, like counting rings in a tree.

Mostly barren, but beautiful little yellow and purple flowers are poking up everywhere.

Can you see the pinkish tinge?

Cap Frehel.

Walking towards the fancy French lighthouse.

A pink wall around the lighthouse grounds.

Cape Frehel, with Cape Erquy off in the distance.

Another windy and rainy day.

Out towards the point.

More plants fighting for space.

The rock formations here are spectacular.

You can see some people walking along the cliff in the distance, which should give you a sense of scale.

Another view of the fancy lighthouse, across the field of brush.