We had a lovely night at Roscoff last night as we walked into town and were lucky enough to get the last available table at Chardons Bleus, one of the two restaurants that had live crabs and lobsters in a large tank. Peter and I shared a magnificent Fruit de Mer Royale so we had a huge platter of lobster (very similar to our crayfish), crab, oysters, langoustines, prawns, and something in little shells like snails that you needed a fine pick to dig into for the seafood. The crab meat in the main body was like a dark cream which I didn't like much, but the legs were delicious white crab meat. Greg had oysters, just shucked of course, and grilled sole. Elizabeth had frois gras and Fruit de Mer. Our white wine, similar to a Sancerre, was so enjoyable we had three bottles of it. By the time we walked back to the boat it was much later than we planned as we had an 8.00 am start this morning. It was good to see Roscoff in the evening, with no tourists in the streets other than those of us going to a restaurant.
We have decided to give Brest a miss as we have to go right around the point and several nautical miles to the east for us to get there and we didn't think it was a very attractive place compared with the smaller towns. So we are heading for Cameret-Sur-Mer, just a bit further in distance from Roscoff, at the next coastal point across from Brest. It wouldn't be suitable if there were strong winds from the NE, but it is extremely calm today. Of course we are motoring and expect to be at Camaret by about 5.00 pm. There is no sun today, but apparently most of France was covered in fog this morning and Cherbourg was only 5 degrees while we had 10 degrees, so we are doing OK.