Oh to be back at La Grande Metairie...

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It's cold and its wet and all it took to make me wish I was back at La Grande Metairie was the arrival of a case of the beer that my dad and I enjoyed drinking in Brittany:

It takes me back to the week we spent on the campsite with my parents enjoying its 5 star facilities including the pool complex:

Only the Brits wanted to swim on wet days!

My children just had so much fun getting water confident jumping into the water that was deeper than they could stand up in:

Or just messing about in the rings we bought at the campsite shop:

There was even a chance to try out pony trekking:

#CountryKids Carnac Megaliths and La Grande Metairie

Time to have a sneaky peek back at our last full day in Brittany this summer. It was a grey day but we headed to the famous megaliths as on one day a week they had a tour in English:

In summer months the megaliths are fenced in to help protect the vegetation from too many people trampling it down. This means you can only go on tours. I can remember doing one at my children's age where the guide only spoke French but did it slowly!

One thing you aren't supposed to do is pretend to push the stones over but I only got told that after this shot:

Its such an incredible place and hard to imagine how neolithic people managed to construct all the straight lines with such huge rocks:

The tour guide told us plenty of fascinating things about how the stones such as the stones being bigger on the ridges and shorter in the bottom of the valley:

And they haven't come from very far away and you can see which side of the rock was underground and which one was on the surface if you look close:

Afterwards my son decided to join me to run back to the campsite alongside the standing stones and through the woods:

It was well signposted and we weren't super speedy:

He was treated afterwards to another go in the lazy river at the pool complex (please not many other people braving the chilly air!):

Then we retreated to the warmer indoor/outdoor pool with its retractable roof. It was 1.5 m deep all round so perfect for jumping into:

Plenty of room for water play:

Then the kids tried pony trekking (shortly after this shot my son asked to get off as the pony kept shaking and he didn't like it!):

Big sister actually managed the full ride and loved it even if her pony didn't always agree with the direction we wanted to go:

In the evening the kids had a brief dip into the junior disco before rounding off the evening with air hockey:

All in all a great way to end our week in Brittany - more to come from our second week in France...

#CountryKids in Carnac

It's going to take a while to get through all our French adventures! Luckily they are ideal for Country Kids as we were out and about a lot. The first week of our holiday was at La Grande Metairie near Carnac staying in a caravan belonging to Canvas Holidays. So glad we were not in a tent as some of the weather was horrendous:

Not much chance of an alfresco meal on this day! No-one really fancied a scoot around the site either:

Luckily the town of Carnac was a short drive away and we could explore its old town centre:

Then as my mum and I had spotted a park and play area when we got lost looking for the supermarket earlier we went on a mission to find it. On the way we saw lots of beautiful flowers bejewelled by rain drops as the town was having a flower celebration:

Once we found the park my daughter headed straight for the wonderful climbing frame and quickly got to the top:

The park is located on the edge of the town at the base of the hill and had something for children of all ages as well as adults:

They had a lovely wildflower meadow in the middle planted to attract bees and butterflies:

Eventually my son was tempted from the main play area into attempting the climbing frame. He didn't get as high as his sister but a lot higher than he has ever gone before:

I love the way that this was such an eco friendly park with even a big house built in a shady spot:

All in all Carnac is a great little town for Country loving people!