BRITTANY COASTAL WALK. THE COTE D' ARMOUR. FRANCE CAMPERVAN TRIP 2018.
Up and about bright and early!! off on another hike along the Brittany Coastal Path along the Cote D' Armour. Firstly down to a coastal cove, then up, up, up and through flora and fauna to some beautiful views in the glorious morning sunshine. It's a bit of a hike.... but the Brittany Coastline never disappoints!!
The campsite we stayed at for this walk was 'Camping Les Madieres', in Pordic, around 15 minutes walk until you reach the coastal path. Lovely campsite!!
Intro/Outro Music:-
Music:- Heartland - Silent Partner
Music: Eagle rock - Wes Hutchinson (YouTube Audio Library Free Music Download) -
Tour d'observation de tir, site du Bégo, la Guérite, Plouharnel.
Retenue dès 1940 pour accueillir cet important dispositif de défense, Plouharnel dispose de 1 400 hectares de dunes, déjà servitudes de tirs et vierges de toute habitation. Au printemps 1941, la construction du point d’appui démarre. On fait appel à la main-d’œuvre locale mais aussi étrangère, ouvriers volontaires, prisonniers de guerre, déportés… Deux années et 2000 personnes seront nécessaires à la réalisation de cette batterie considérée comme la plus importante et la plus puissante du Mur de l’atlantique. Un modèle de l’ingénierie militaire allemande ! Imaginez une armée de travailleurs qui se mettent à l'ouvrage. Une ferme installée sur la dune produit sur place la nourriture nécessaire, animaux et légumes. Le 13 mars 1944, le maréchal Rommel en inspection en Bretagne, visite la dune du Bego, fait ajouter des défenses sur la plage et renforce les champs de mines. La visite du « Renard du désert » sur la dune de Plouharnel démontre l'importance stratégique du site.
De cet ensemble militaire, il reste aujourd'hui la quasi-totalité des bunkers qui ont abrité 700 soldats allemands. Chaque emplacement compte une citerne de 50 m3, un abri pour groupe électrogène, des réserves de munitions, un abri pour 60 servants. Sur la dune, la tour d'observation de tir, un ouvrage qui culmine à 21 m, se voit de loin.
A Blessing with Pagan Origins
In Brittany, France, at the funeral out in the country in 1995, I attended the sad but dignified funeral several days after the death of my spouse's maternal grandmother. Germaine Costard left us in August of that year, but the rites at her passing, which took place in her home at L'Hôtel Neuf in Monteneuf, France (near Guer) were fascinating for me to witness. Her mortal remains were on a refrigerated table in what had been her bedroom, and there were chairs all around. We could sit with her, in sadness, but also in conviviality. Great respect was shown to this lady, who was well known and quite esteemed, by all signs which I saw.
Each person who entered the room, become chapel, and where a priest had visited the night before to perform a ritual, took a small branch of green leaves, which was in a container of sanctified water. We were to take the green branch, dip it again in the water, and wave it in a sign over the deceased. I seem to recall it was not even necessarily the sign of the cross which was done in the gesture, but rather just a tipping of the green leaves, so that some of the holy water would drop onto the cadavre. This struck me as wholly pagan, and upon inquiry, I was told that yes, it is, in fact. At the funeral itself the next day, in Monteneuf, in the fine church which is barely used anymore due to lack of a priest and a sufficient congregation for it, each of us used a silver sort of flask filled with holy water, and with THIS, we made the sign of the cross over Germaine Costard's coffin/casket, then passed the container to the person behind us. A final blessing, a correct gesture, to gift her with drops of life-giving water, as she began her final passage of return to the Earth itself.
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