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We wake refreshed after a peaceful sleep, with birds singing in the trees around us. Ali chats to a couple from Paignton who also camped here then we set off towards Brest, but within a mile we spy a supermarket so stop for some shopping.
Today starts overcast but it is still a warm 27C as we circle north of Brest on to the N168. Traffic is light and we make good progress passing signs for familiar towns, before a slight detour into Le Faou where we park by the river for lunch.
After another ninety minutes of dual carriageway we leave towards Belz, aiming for a Passion near Erdeven. Just as we are spotting the orange-flower symbols along a narrow lane, we meet a French van whose Madame is studying the FP directory. After a few words we turn and follow them until they overshoot the entrance when they follow us. Eventually we are both parked in an enormous field at Fromagerie Champs du Trefle [fields of clover] at Le Lery. Before we are out another van arrives.
The fromagerie sells many sorts of cheese, some with unusual names like St Cado, Bas Mer and Souliac, plus butter, cidre and wine. We sample and buy a few cheeses, butter and a bottle of cidre then look around the yard. Turkeys, Guinea fowl, duck, geese and chickens strut about pecking at stale bread, totally unnerved by people.
At the gate to the lane up to our filed we have to wait as about 100 cows walk by fresh from milking.
It's such a lovely afternoon now we decide to walk the country lanes towards Keraveon 4km away. We pass a barley field and stop to listen to it hissing softly in the breeze. Further on the late afternoon sun is lighting up the tree trunks and lush green ferns in the woodland. Butterflies flit around the wild hedgerow flowers and birds call through the trees. It's a perfect summertime walk in the countryside.
Near Keraveon we spot a big stone wall and archway. A path to the arch is flanked by two ponds, each bordered by bright yellow marsh mallow. Through the archway tranquil woods and parkland stretches out. The verges are spotted with brilliant blue hydrangeas and red fuchia bushes. The former chateau is now a spa hotel and the two quarter circle stable blocks are private houses.
We retrace our steps back to the Passion where more vans have arrived, so there are seven now.
The scene of these vans casually scattered around the field, owners lounding alongside, is just what the motorhome brochures promise.
We sit out in the sunshine with pizza, salad and wine as the evening cools and the sun goes down.
Living the dream? You bet we are!
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