The Pink Granite Coast

 

After having visited Dinan and the Château de Guildo we stayed for three days in a small B&B near Lannion in the North of Bretagne. From here we took several day trips. The first one took us to the côte de granit rose, or the pink granite coast. If ever a place got a perfectly fitting name, this was the one.

This is a photo heavy post.

Most of the rocks are indeed pink, but there are also gray and ochre ones. If you have a lot of imagination you can see figures and shapes in this sculpted shoreline. Here, we are almost at the mouth of the English Channel, and out in the sea we could see many small and smaller isles.

We hiked a good stretch of the coast and enjoyed constantly changing views.

The lighthouse - Phare de Men Ruz - was often hiding behind the gigantic rocks and then peeked out from behind them. It blended perfectly into the landscape.

As you can guess I was particularly interested in the plants, almost all of them way past their prime.

Isn't this fascinating?

But there was also lichen and little plants growing right out of the rocks.

Kaefer preferred to climb to the top of the rocks, looking out to the sea.

Or she would climb down and explore all the tiny tidepools.

The gulls, however, were not amused.

I was very happy to see European Robins (Erithacus rubecula). They are such endearing little birds and very different from the American Robin (Turdus migratorius).

The lighthouse was still hiding...

... but finally we could see it in its full size.

Of course we had to go up there.

Kaefer and the Geek for Nicole's Friday Face Off.

I wonder what it feels like to live in this beautiful house. 

We went into Ploumanac'h where we had lunch in a crêperie. This was dessert:

After this delicious meal we hiked back along the coast to the parking lot. It was a beautiful outing.