Wednesday 27th June 12

This is a picture of a lovely place in France called Benodet and this is where we find The Kipper and the crew-of-two moored up this evening.  Yes, they finally escaped the clutches of what was fast becoming the most depressing harbour in Northern Europe. 

They left Audierne this morning and had what is described as a cracking days sailing covering the 40 miles to Benodet in excellent time.  It was just what was needed to blow away the cobwebs and fog and they are now back in excellent spirits. 

At 13:08 hrs The Scribe received the following from The Kipper:

'Yes, most definitely on our way, some brilliant sailing, even put a reef in for a while.  Now beating up to Benodet about 10 miles directly to windward, yes, the wind has gone round to the east!'

Clearly The Kipper was feeling much better today because he tells me that there were other yachts out there and so he and the crew-of-two did their level best to get ahead of them.  Some things never change!

By 16:58 hrs they had picked up a bouy:

'Arrived Benodet, that made up for the time stuck in Audierne, just having a celebratory drink, looks like a nice place.'

By 20:03 hrs they had just finished dinner with wine and were moving on to the cheese and biscuits, then coffee closely followed by brandy.  The mood is described as being jolly with everyone feeling much happier.  The Kipper passed on words of thanks to The Scribe for her attempts at cheering him up last evening - no problems at all replied The Scribe, the bill will be in the post. 

The Scribe asked if they had made any plans for tomorrow to which The Kipper replied,

'No, had too many beers and gin and brandy to even think about it.  The forecast this morning was not good for a couple of days but will be checking again in the morning.  We will be exploring in the morning.'
 

Benodet - right at the bottom of this lovely green map

 I found these pictures on an Internet site - www.tripadvisor.co.uk - it informs me that Benodet has 3 main attractions top of which is a visit to the Vedettes de l'Odet - French isn't one of my many talents but I think this has something to do with a river trip and the picture shown above...no, not the harbour picture, the one that looks like it was taken somewhere hot and exotic.

The restaurant listed as number one is La Creperie de Benodet, 8 avenue l'Odet, 29950 Benodet, France - French isn't one of my many talents but I think they sell pancakes! 

It does look lovely so if The Kipper and the crew-of-two are marooned there for a couple of days I think they'll be okay. 

Julie...I think we can cancel the emergency helicopter evac for the time being...