Wednesday 19 May 2021

Pointe de la Torche

We had a quiet night and woke this morning to sunshine in a lovely clear sky. The view from Kiki is great, we can see for miles up the Finisterre coastline.

After breakfast we took a walk out to the end of the Pointe de la Torche - this narrow promontory juts out into the sea between two long curving beaches. There is a WW2 bunker and a dolmen at the very end from where there is an almost 360 degree view of the sea.

We wandered back to Kiki for coffee and decided that it would be nice spend the day hiking along the coast path. Emma made a packed lunch and we set out. The first part of the walk was along the beach. There was quite a stiff breeze blowing but the sunshine meant that we only needed a thin fleece to stay warm.

At the end of the beach we scrambled up onto the coast path which we followed along the rocky shore for about 4km. We stopped for lunch with a great view of the sea crashing onto the rocks below. Carrying on we came to a small village with quaint whitewashed houses - we were reminded of the Lizard in Cornwall.

After wandering around the village, where it was nice to see lots of people eating outside the restaurants, we retraced our footsteps back to Kiki.

We had our evening meal and settled down for the night.

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