It is just a one hour flight from East Midlands Airport to Dinard. With Ryanair only operating this service from April to October, and three days a week, it is fairly rare that we can take advantage of the flights as the times need us to use some of our valuable annual leave allowance. Our friends Simon and Linda accompanied us on this trip to Brittany, their second visit of the year to our little bit of France! By the time we had collected the hire car and drive...

Travelling by TGV to Rennes left us with just a one hour drive to reach Malestroit. With the exception of a garden full of massive weeds the house was pretty much as we left it at the end of May - hopefully the weedkiller will help keep things at bay at the end of the summer growing period before we return in October. With the weather being rather glorious we enjoyed a wander around Malestroit before enjoy a drink in the main square ahead of dinner at the 'Pont 9...

The extended Easter break allowed us time to visit Malestroit in Brittany, France in order to check up on our house in the attractive town, enjoy some time exploring this part of France and preparing for the visit of friends at the end of May. Our weekend however started in Southend-on-Sea in the UK as this happened to offer the best cost combination of hotel and transport to/from France for us. The Friday morning flight from 'London' Southend International Airp...

Having left Nuremberg by aeroplane on an Air France flight directly to Paris we then travelled on a TGV service from Charles de Gaulle through to Rennes. From there it was just a one hour drive to Malestroit in our rented bright red, 'très mignon' Fiat 500. Heather was very pleased that for once we actually got the car specified rather than the 'or similar' that car rental companies normally give you. I will be honest the car was good fun to drive and perfe...

"Now listen very carefully, I shall say this only once . . . . . . " as we all know Michelle of the Resistance, as featured in the hit BBC TV show 'Allo 'Allo, said that line many more times than you could shake a stick at, so where better to find out the truth about the wartime French Resistance and a cafe owner called Rene than almost on our doorstep in Brittany. Situated just on the outskirts of St Marcel, about 3km from Malestroit, is the 'Musee de la Resi...