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Email from Linda Thalman, via the Internet: Monday, 22. March 1999:-

Exciting Sailing Weekend In Brittany

LindaThalm
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of the half-dozen matches I missed while basking in the Brittany sun.

Tip Three: Reserve your train tickets as far in advance as possible. Why? Because if your reservation was made before another ticket holder for the very same seat, you get an upgrade to First Class! Another totally true story - which happened right across the aisle from my second-class seat number 44 in wagon 19.

Tip Four: Do your very best to get to your train at least 15 minutes before 'takeoff.' Being in wagon 19 out of 20, it was one heck of a long and rapid hike along the quai.

Now, you might say, just hop on and walk all the way down the train to your seat. Nope! The first ten cars of the train only were going to Rennes and there was an engine or two in between the cars ten and 11. You had to get to at least car 11 - about six kilometers along the quai - to be safe.
Arriving 105 Minutes Late, Some More Tips:

When we arrived in Lorient we were whisked by bus to Lamour Plage and the 'port de plaisance' there. Unfortunately we didn't have time to see anything in Lorient but the port.

Tip Five: Daytrippers to Lorient would certainly enjoy a bike ride around the Ile de Groix at the perfectly reasonable price of 68 francs per day for a super mountain bike - to peddle around a basically flat plateau. Remember the required 1000 franc deposit.

Do take the ferry from Lorient to the island rather than swimming, wind surfing or sailing the five-odd kilometres. On the Ile de Groix, Port Tudy, is a quaint port village with hotels, bars, restaurants, bike and nautical shops.

Tip Six: Be sure to order the 'moules' - mussels- at the Hotel de la Marine on the Ile de Groix. Outstanding!

Experienced sailor that I am - a good dozen times on ferries, deep sea fishing in the Pacific ocean about 30 years ago and paddling around pools, lakes, streams ...