LE GWAKER
Friday 21 April 2000 to Sturday 29 April
Pymuth Section CTC

The Maison Eclusiere du Gwaker is an old lock house on the banks of the Nantes-Brest canal within walking distance of Chateauneuf du Faou. . It is open all year and has room for 27 guests.

1 fully equipped kitchen
1 store cupboard
12 rooms with two beds and wash basins
1 room with 3 beds and wash basin
10 showers - two on the ground floor
5 toilets
1 dining room with two open chimneys
1 activity room
1 drying room

Cost

Group membership: 65F
Cost per person per day: 66F
One-off cleaning charge: 250F
Heating per day: 180F
Sheets: 35F

We made a group booking with cabins, sailing overnight on Good Friday 2000 from Plymouth to Roscof and riding the 60 miles from Roscof to Chateauneuf du Faou on Easter Saturday. We caught an afternoon ferry for the return journey on the following Saturday. The ferry fare was £50

return, Brittany Ferries were in the process of revising fares and anticipated an increase in the following year.We were self-catering and found Mike Bowden’s camper van indispensable for fetching milk and groceries from nearby villages. A shorter and a longer route were planned each day to a place of interest, based on information from local tourist offices. In practice people grouped together and did their own thing. Based on a group of at least 15 the cost per person for the week was approx. £75 for the gîte plus ferry fares - i.e. £135 subject to confirmation. In fact a small sum of money was returned at the end of the stay.