The boys really enjoyed the park's pools and rural surroundings and we had to almost drag them to go on our excursions in the car to visit interesting places such as Concarneau,
Carnac and Pont Aven.
According to the
Carnac Museum of Prehistory, no find of such importance has been uncovered in the region since the 19th century.
Carnac itself, a busy little town situated on the Atlantic's Golfe du Morbihan, boasts miles of beautiful, safe, sandy beaches and good walks.
But unlike
Carnac, a late night television mystic who knew the contents of the envelope, underwriters are at a disadvantage when they don't have all the facts in front of them.
Although many of these cartoonish works transcend derision in their high-keyed Matissean clarity, a few, such as The Lesson, 1981 - in which the artist-as-initiate ponders a Sanskrit inscription while flanked by images of Ganesha and Hanuman - bring to mind Johnny Carson as
Carnac the Magnificent.
Many of these are found around
Carnac. More than three thousand standing stones are generously scattered around the countryside, yet what remains today represents only a fraction of what was originally there, estimated at more than ten thousand stones.
His principal collections of poetry include Terraque (1942), Executoire (1947), Gagner (1949),
Carnac (1961), Sphere (1963, Avec (1966), and Euclidiennes (1967), from which Levertov's selections are drawn; Ville (1969), Paroi (1970), Inclus (1973), and Du Domaine (1977) all appear later.
More than 3,000 of these megaliths and tombs still stand near the town of
Carnac, and you can see most of them on a self-guided, half-day tour.
Andrew Zeglicki, 57, from South Kessock, was taking a stroll to
Carnac Point on Monday when he spotted obscene graffiti on the lighthouse and damage from nails and sharp implements to a picnic bench.
However, the true gems of the area are located along the Quiberon reasons' across peninsula, around a 30-minute drive from
Carnac. The eastern side of this cape is protected from the Atlantic and has sheltered sandy beaches, perfect for paddling.
From Norfolk island, with its dark past as a prison for convicts; to the Tiwi islands, where Clunes visits Aborigines; to the island of
Carnac, habitat of hundreds of venomous snakes; Islands of Australia is an extraordinary tour, the next best thing to visiting Australia's islands in person.
But within three days of the event at Marina di Grosseto in Tuscany, Al Hadi, the 23 year-old helm from Muscat and Al Balushi, 19 from Sohar had risen to third in a fleet of 51 F18s and carried on the encouraging form they established earlier in the year at Eurocat in
Carnac and the French Nationals in Quiberon.