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How shit is the shit weather in Brittany?

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ToooOldForThis · 12/07/2022 23:24

Is it just "not as warm as the south of France" shit? Or like spoil your holiday shit? For context we live and normally holiday in Scotland!
Had been looking at Balearics but so expensive and dcs have said they'd be interested in a more active holiday. They struggled with the heat in Majorca.
I started to look at campsites in Brittany but the weather always gets a mention!

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Tadpoll · 15/07/2022 06:49

It’s just unpredictable. I went there as a child and it was sweltering.

But my first holiday abroad in four years was to Brittany in August three years ago (and I haven’t had one since obvs) and it was rainy and cold. The kids barely used the pool and it was too cold to go to the beach.

It’s risky!

notimagain · 15/07/2022 07:14

It’s just unpredictable

This^^

Big peninsula stuck out into the North Atlantic, not a million miles south of Cornwall, so similar climate to UK south west etc, it's subject to the effects of weather systems running in off the Atlantic but with a touch of continental weather at times if the region comes under the influence of a continental high pressure system - sound familiar?

What's supposed to happening early next week in Brest is a good example, there it is supposed to get up to 36 degrees on Monday but they almost immediately get a breakdown with rain Tuesday onwards and temps in the low/mid 20's. Meanwhile a lot of the rest of France carry on sweltering in the high 30's/40 degrees until further notice.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 15/07/2022 09:16

I read a French tourist book in Brittany once. It has a high percentage of cloudy days. Higher than average. That was the final decision for me.

After paying 5k to be frozen and wet l decided l could go in England for the same effect, without the expectations of good weather.

l go to Cornwall every year. Never had really bad weather. Always manage to get on the beach. My experience is Cornwall has better weather than Brittany.

ToooOldForThis · 15/07/2022 09:26

My fair skinned Scottish children haven't left the country for so long that I wonder how they'd cope with somewhere like Spain, so actually all this talk of cloudy days is reassuring! I like a holiday where I can do an equal mixture of lying on a sun lounger, and doing some exploring locally, so maybe the weather would be suitable for that!

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caringcarer · 15/07/2022 10:01

I hy a holiday home in Brittany so we holiday there a lot. Generally I find June, July and August up to mid twenties. But now with heatwave it will be hotter. Lots of lovely unspoilt coast, beautiful beaches, many hay volleyball nets and showers, also lots to do for families, mazes of maize with trampolines and bouncy castles and fun activities in the middle, mini golf, putting, Go ape type activities, lots of paddle boards, kayaks, quaint little markets, lovely old buildings, castles to go around, adventure playgrounds, pony riding, cycle green routes totally safe, lots of cafe culture and restaurants. My house is at Morlaix and there is a port which is all lit up by night you can walk around, pub halfway also a large viaduct you can walk over.

ToooOldForThis · 15/07/2022 20:33

That sounds like absolute bliss!

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DeePlume · 17/07/2022 13:18

ToooOldForThis · 14/07/2022 12:52

Ooh that's what i like to hear @DeePlume, what sways it for you?

The south was way too hot. The ground was hard and the grass was scorched. This made pitching the tent difficult and everything was so dusty. There were huge ants everywhere. Also the drive is soooo long. The weather in Brittany is unpredictable as others have said but there is plenty to do there! We've camped at the camping du letty site in benodet for years.

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