A walk to Cap d’Erquy along the GR34 in Northern Brittany

After our stay at ÃŽle Grande we’re at another campsite just a stones throw from the beach, Camping Saint Michel Erquy. Unfortunately being close to the coast is not so great when the sea mist decides to roll in and drape its foggy blanket over everything. I’m hoping to walk another bit of the GR34 today, to Cap d’Erquy along the coast of Northern Brittany with its dramatic coastline of sea cliffs, heather clad headlands and sandy beaches and mist was not in the plan. But whilst walking in sunshine with expansive views is desirable, walking in a bit of mist is small beer compared to the extreme heat, wild fires, floods and drought that Europe has been experiencing this summer. Mother nature is telling us something, unfortunately we don’t seem to be listening.

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A walk around Île-Grande on the Côte de Granite Rose

Île-Grande and the Côte de Granite Rose

ÃŽle-Grande is a big name for a little island. Measuring just 2km by 1km ÃŽle Grande is on Brittany’s Côte de Granite Rose (pink granite coast) a popular 30km stretch of coastline known for its pink granite rock formations and wide sandy beaches. The GR34, Sentier des Douaniers (custom officers path) goes around the island, just a small segment of its long journey from Saint Nazaire to Mont Saint Michel. A distance of roughly 1240 miles makes it the longest coastal trail in France and twice the distance of the South West Coast Path.

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