We returned to Havre Aubert (after watching Vincenzo Nibali win the second stage of Le Tour) catching a lift from our friends with our bikes on their bike rack. The day was spent around the chalet and then walking along La Plage du Ouest looking for suitable rocks to line a flowerbed at the chalet.
Although the wind had calmed down considerably, there was still a nice surf along the shore.
Nature, naturally, can often be the best sculptor.
With a good amount of rocks weighing down the car we returned to the chalet leaving the beach to the kitists.
We finished our visit to Havre Aubert by heading over to La Grave to check the shops and partaking of some local brew at Café de La Grave. We accompanied it with L'assiette Grave, which included three spreads; one with lobster, one with smoked mackerel and one with seal liver. Surprisingly, the seal liver one was the tastiest especially with the candied onions layered on top.
We said goodbye to our hosts, slipped into the public toilet by the wharf and changed into our cycling gear for the ride back to the Auberge.
As the sun was lowering in the western horizon, we hit the dunes along Route 199. The winds were quite light and just out of the West so we didn't have the brisk tailwind of the previous trip but we arrived back at the Auberge just as the sun was setting behind us. It was a very agreeable ride allowing us to digest our appetizers and beer, and giving us just enough of a hole to fill with some vegetarian couscous on our arrival.
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