The Belle Isle 'Thriathlon' - cruiser style!
26 August 2009 | Le Palais,Belle Isle
First - 2 miles rowing the dinghy in a F 5 headwind right after breakfast
Second - 2,5 km walk with backpacks to town
Third - Some 40 km of biking with backpacks mostly against the wind. Up and down steep hills
Fourth - Dinner with wine in the town after returning the bikes
Fifth - repeating the second, but in drizzling rain and nighfall
Sixth - rowing back to the boat in the anchorage in rain and complete darkness att 10 PM
Outcome?
Great boost for the moral of the entire (!) crew. Add to this that it did wonders for our legs and cardiovascular system after weeks of sitting in the cockpit plus all the good food and wine in France.
By the way - the weather forecast is simply splendid for the next six (!) days, so tomorrow we'll steer to Galicia- Espana!
To this brief description, we found the Island to be immensely beautiful with stunning sceneries together with piqturesque little towns. Belle Isle got our strongest recommendations, see the pics... (unfortunately it's very hard to capture the sheer mightyness of the rocks and the ruggedness of the landscape of the western shoreline; the windward side.)