A few days around Roscoff (3)

Final selection of Roscoff town, far quieter and more quaint than I expected

The main street of Roscoff...

The Church of Our Lady of Croaz Batz, dominating the street...

...with its amazing gothic tower...

...and beautiful floral displays.

Just over the road, fine examples of local architecture...

...and the town hall adorned with onions, a local speciality (who'd have known?!)

There's always time for a drink though: afternoon beers...

...or an apéritif before a wonderful pizza!

A few days around Roscoff (2)

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Roscoff has a lovely harbour...

...at high tide...

...and at low.

It also has some quirky sea-life sculptures...

...just three here for your enjoyment.

At low tide there's a footbridge to catch the ferry to l'Île de Batz

Someone's been creative whilst waiting for the ferry!

Not quite a sunset but night-time is definitely approaching

A few days around Roscoff (1)

As you know we're fans of AirBnb and we weren't disappointed with our latest booking in Roscoff towards the end of July. Although we have crossed to Plymouth from the port we'd never visited the town.

Look carefully in the centre of the photo: the open window in the grey tiled wall marks our apartment

Can you spot it from over the water?

The view was fabulous, over the rooftops to the busy harbour,,, 

...and inside wasn't bad either!

Just below us, dinghies presumably for locals to access their bigger boats in the harbour

Back indoors and an attempt at a sunset after a very wet day!

Pool fun, hollyhocks & fireworks

Like most of Europe we've been having an incredibly hot summer and the pool is having full use. 

Always up to tricks: Sacha balancing on the airbed with Papy...

...and showing off his diving skills to Alicia.

Another time, perfecting his circus skills with Papa

After all this activity, relax with a cold chocolate drink.

We finally grew our very own hollyhock, a plant you see everywhere in the area. Thankyou, birdie, for dropping the seed!

This is my favourite local hollyhock, easily ten feet tall and growing out of the side of the pavement

Bastille Day fireworks now, to the music of Johnny Halliday.

Musically not my cup of tea, but a magnificent show as you can see!

The summer warms up

And boy, did it warm up with temperatures in the high 30s centigrade on many days!

Luckily cousin Jean is always to hand, this time to help instal the solar-powered garden shower...

...soon put to use by Tine, well on her way to full recovery.

There's a new walkway at La Belle Henriette nature reserve... 

...meaning we can now visit at any time, high tide included.

We didn't get very far on our first attempt as the weather became very threatening

'La Course des Garçons de Café' has become a regular event to promote local bars and restaurants

Great excitement on 7th July when Le Tour de France came through town

Firstly the 'caravane' with all the official sponsors...

...then the race itself... 

...soon over in a flash!