From Camaret we cycled out to two of the headlands. The first was Pointe de Pen Hir, three kilometres south of the village, a spectacular headland composed of steep and dramatically weathered cliff faces and the site of two WWII memorials, during autumn and winter gales this must feel like the end of the world.
There are two war memorials on the Pointe de Pen Hir, this one is the Cross of Pen-Hir, a tribute to the Bretons of Free France
and this one is the memorial to the Battle of the Atlantic and is located in the bunkers of the Kerbonn Battery
The Western tip of the peninsular leads to the Tour du Toulinguet which is a Fort, signal station and lighthouse and this is where we spent a peaceful night stop
Todays Frightening Fact: We were joined overnight my this mighty Mann 4 wheel drive overland motorhome (!) from Germany. It certainly gave us an inferiority complex (the rear section had an opening roof providing an elevated observation platform, all that was needed was a machine gun!)….
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