Back to the bikes. Back to the bikes. And so we begin again. This is our mission after a 9-month hiatus which included a 3.5 month walk along the Camino de Santiago, winter holidays spent in the UK and the US, and two months hiding from the winter near Malaga on the south coast of Spain. 9 months in which both bikes and one trailer remained stored in an old barn in Morbihan, Brittany, the site of our last and final WWOOF stay at the home of our friend Morgan Ody...
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| In transit between Malaga and Paris: Bodhi rides high atop our mountain of clothes and gear - ready for another long season of adventure! |
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| We returned to find Morgan's house undergoing some serious renovation: a complete roof-frame rebuild and slate roof replacement on the barn side of the house. |
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| The sight of these greenhouses gave us hope that spring was here... and rekindled many memories of our year wwoofing. |
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| One of our tasks at Morgan's was weeding and planting onions and shallots, and this cat has made the veggie fields one of his favorite hangouts. |
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| Morgan selling vegetables at the Saturday market in Pluvigner. |
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| Bo collecting firewood for Morgan's woodstove. |
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| Morgan watering some young cucumber plants. |
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| Bo pitches in a hand, and hoes... the grass. |
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| On the trail near Morgan's house. |
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| Bo's the man in Etel, on the coast of Morbihan, |
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| Starting in Etel, Morgan took us on an organized ride to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cancellation of the Erdeven nuclear power plant project. Bodhi's first organized ride (age 2 years, 10 months). |
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| Bo and Morgan lead the way. |
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| The Green Hand represents the voice of wisdom: popular resistance to nuclear energy projects. |
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| Morgan also invited us to participate in an information stand at Auray's weekly organic market, namely to educate folks about the planned airport at Notre Dame de Landes (ZAD), a well-documented fiscal and environmental disaster, and what has become a global model for resistance to poorly-planned urbanization projects. |
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| Poster urging solidarity against the airport project. |
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| Stone Celtic cross seen roadside in Morbihan. |
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| Our time near Auray would have been incomplete without a visit to the megaliths at Carnac, the world's largest concentration of such stones. Built between 5000-3300 B.C., they are typically found in alignments (parallel rows) as seen above, and it is thought that they were used as a communication tool of some sort. |
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| Bo feels the power of the megaliths... |
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| The presence of the stones inspired some previously unseen behavior in Bodhi: atypical postures, and spontaneous chanting! It must be his predominantly Irish/Celtic blood being summoned.... |
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| Katy and Bo having a moment with the "Big Giant Rock" (Bo's name for Le Geant de Manio) which is over 6.5 meters - 21 feet - tall. |
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| Back at Morgan's, accompanying Elmo with drumsticks and pans. |
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| Morgan, Jeff and Katy engaged in some competitive night sessions of Catan. |
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A farewell shot with Morgan as we depart Calan.
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So ends our stay at
La Ferme des Mangetouts, one of our most important stops on this entire adventure. A special thanks is due to Morgan, for hosting us twice and for watching our bikes and gear for 9 months.
Bonne continuation, et j
usqu'a la prochaine fois!
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