St Malo,west

[gjgm]

Mobo..if you will forgive.
Been this way numerous times but there are still a few places unvisited..
Any info or advice on the following...even if for a lunch stop:
Le Legue
Port Blanc
Overnighting in Ploumanach
Lannion
Primel
Think we have visited every other rock!

 

[blampied]

All good, but expect to have to go through the smelliest lock, very reminiscent of a sewage works, to get into le Legue (it's been about 8 years since I last visited, but doubt it's changed) a lot nicer once your in past the lock.

 

[doug748]

Port Blanc is bigger than it looks, entry is easy, there are usually lots of free buoys in deep water and room to anchor esp at neaps. A guy comes round and takes 10e off you but no receipt so he might just be supplementing his income stream -).
The town is strange, probably the only place on the coast where little has changed since 1950, one careworn hotel, sailing school, the odd bar and boulangerie. There was rumour of a general store but I have failed to find it.
I like it a lot, but you would not want to be there is any lively wind with north in it, or west for that matter.

The inner harbour at Ploumanach I am not so fond of, it reminds me of a car park. The entrance, and coast, is spectacular so I would nip in for lunch, picking up one of the outer moorings.

Primel I hope to visit, I understand, there are visitors moorings, though only some of them are in deep water. There is also a useful looking anchorage on the East side of the Primel peninsular at Primel Tregastal.

If you go up the Lannion River let us know how you find the trip, there are a number of good anchorages off the mouth (as you probably know) and across the bay off Locqurec, an attractive small seaside village well worth visiting. The anchorage shelves gently and is huge, especially at neaps. Secret Anchorages of Brittany reports some visitor moorings, in deep water, off the point there.

 

[gjgm]

Thanks both !!

 

[Arcady]

I worked a mobo up to Lannion some years ago after first reconnoitering the channel at low tide. It was littered with junk and supermarket trolleys. There’s a low concrete road bridge that will prevent you getting the last half mile or so up to the town. The old quays on the southern side are hollow and useless for small boats and there wasn’t much in the way of usable quayside on the north. Unless things have changed significantly in the last few years, I would recommend catching the bus from Trebuerden. Altogether much easier!

 

[gjgm]

Ah yes...great market...hadnt connected the two!