Bretagne.

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The Bretagne people have their own language, as do the Catalan and Basque.  Unlike the Basque and Catalan however, the signposts are in French and Bretagne, as are the descriptions in supermarket aisles. The black and white flag of Bretagne flies everywhere. You can spot the locals because they are the ones not wearing "traditional" blue and white striped tops which can be purchased at every bistro and cafe selling postcards.

A very proud and old culture. Music and artwork has alot in common with northern Ireland and north Scotland.

Celtic and then alot older again.

Think of the culture of Morgaine before King Arthur's mob almost destroyed it.

Standing stones (menhirs) massive alignments of stones, dolmens (burial chambers) in the forest on morning run.  Monumental tombs and exquisite rock carvings. All from a very large and wealthy trading civilization dating back to 6000 BC. (3000 years before the pyramids)

If you google
"Carnac alignments"
"Cairn Gavrinis"
"Le Petit Mont Arzon"

You will begin to get an idea of what this part of the world is all about. (Apart from beaches, forest walks, sailing, fishing, lobsters, prawns, shellfish of every kind, cheese, cider, and preserved meats.)

Some photos follow.

Dolmen or burial chamber on a headland. Marked on the map. Gets lots of visits.

Menhir. The carnac alignments. These stretch for kilometres and are very impressive. Why are they there? In the words of one of our (better) guides, "my whole tour can be summarised by "we just don't know".

Another view of carnac alignments. 

We ran past this gatehouse every morning whilst we stayed in Bardon. (Access to Gavrinis). As pretty as it is, (and the oysters were delicious), in the forest behind on a little used track is another dolman.

Dolman hiding away on the track in the forest. Neolithic remnants are all around us here. (And it's all free)