The Paddler Magazine issue 74 Autumn/Fall 2023 | Page 20

PADDLER 20
PADDLER 20
DAY 2
This is the main dish ; Ile de Bréhat ! We always aim to do this around high tide , allowing us to explore and do rock gardening . On low tide , there needs to be more water to do our stuff . The entry and exit point , again Loguivy de la Mer beach , is the only thing that stays the same . It was a completely different trajectory from launch to end than the first day . We decided to circumnavigate the main island clockwise . We crossed from the mainland to Bréhat , using the rock formations in between to shelter from the tidal stream that runs strongly through the bay . Once touching Ile de Bréhat , we ’ re handrailing up north . We are probably using double the time as we would just ‘ touring ’; we go into every gap between every rock and sometimes even more than once . The more we paddled to the north of the island , the more exposed and the more interesting it became .