Nostang Bound
Nostang Bound

After the excitement of the swans, the morning seemed to slip by slowly. I processed more images, getting slowly caught up. Dad decided we should lunc (...)

Nostang Road
Nostang Road

Don's Breton cousin came trundling down the road on his tractor. The roads here are very narrow and twisty. A tractor like this one does not slow down (...)

Low Tide Abtract
Low Tide Abtract

We crossed the bridge and were soon completely lost. The road led to a large peninsula on the Etel River. However, no signs graced the criss-crossing (...)

Landing Pattern
Landing Pattern

The views of this area, known as Sainte-Hélene, are quite fine. Farming & fishing are inter-twined here, much like the roads. We drove on, to the rau (...)

Breton Well
Breton Well

We came around a corner, out from a copse, to find an intersection of stone buildings. There was this fine, old Breton well.

Old Spring
Old Spring

There was also a fine spring-fed fountain. Sadly, it had fallen out of favour and the water no longer ran clean. Originally, water ran from the source (...)

Old Washing Pool
Old Washing Pool

The fountain fed a washing pool. Here, too, algae had taken over. The grounds were well maintained. An odd combination. It was beautified for the tour (...)

Les Vaches Qui Rit
Les Vaches Qui Rit

We stopped to ask these cows for directions and got three different answers. I hate it when cows snicker at you.

Tidal Landscape
Tidal Landscape

The view the cows had from their field.

Old Road Marker
Old Road Marker

I finally stumbled across this ancient road marker. All it indicated was that there was a church, a chapel, a pilgrimage or a sanctuary up the road a (...)

Retired Beds
Retired Beds

These retired oyster beds suddenly awakened an ancient memory in Dad's mind. He began to recall that Mom & him had visited this area way back when the (...)

Retirement Home
Retirement Home

As Dad reminisced, an equally old man came out of the house to see what we wanted. He began talking to us in Old Breton until he realised we could not (...)

Old Building
Old Building

Up the road was a working farm with several abandoned stone buildings. This might once have been a barn or storage house.

Farmhouse Ruin
Farmhouse Ruin

This farmhouse in ruins is a sad sight but I guess it would cost a fortune to restore. It had a beautiful view of the Etel River. A modern bungalow sq (...)

Pointe Vieille Chapelle
Pointe Vieille Chapelle

Dad is inspecting this recently installed marker. It contains a detailed map of the Etel River, as seen from this point. It shows no roads.

Etel Riverscape
Etel Riverscape

The road ended in the waters of the Etel River at a boat launch. There was no sign of a chapel either. Crap, a dead end.

Chapel Remains
Chapel Remains

A plaque informed us that the chapel that once stood on this site was dismantled by Breton farmers. They had no use for the chapel but they had uses f (...)

Watering Hole
Watering Hole

Also recently built was this fresh water source. A tap for humans and a drinking bowl for any animal that happened by. Nice touch.

Near Branderion
Near Branderion

We finally escaped the Sainte-Hélene Celtic version of the Gordian Knot of roads - we had to drive through a farmer's yard which spanned both sides o (...)

First Ferry
First Ferry

Sigh ... another fine morning in Port Louis. The first ferry of the day slides into port. The sailboats await the kids.

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