My day on the trams

I like the trams, they were opened yesterday, their company is Bibus.

 We took the bus to Brest, the busses were also Bibus, we went on the bendy bus, we went on two, one to get there and one to get back. We were having fun on the discs in the middle because they turned with the bus when we went round corners.

When we got off the bus we headed straight to the trams because we wanted to see them starting. We took some photos of the trams when they were parked at the station waiting to be opened. At 11 o’clock the trams started up, the church bells rang and everyone got all excited.



We saw trams it was amazing and we went on them, they’re really fast and I like riding on them especially when we are right behind the driver because then we can see out the front and see all his gadgets including his side camera.

We went to a pet shop and saw loads of puppies, there were ten. They were cute, they were in cages, a lot of them were sleeping like most dogs but there were two who were on the move, one wanted to be Richards pet and the other just wanted to get out of the cage with me. We also saw rabbits (who were very cute, I wanted a few) we also saw fish (who were swimming around their tank). I liked the mice, rats and gerbils (who were all sleeping). We went in to get Susie a new basket but couldn’t find what we wanted.

Altogether my day was absolutely amazing

We did leave Brest but had to come back because our engine started jumping. When we got back we ordered some engine mounts. In the engine shop I found a very friendly bulldog, I like him.

Lots of sailing races happen here.

We found some fragments of mast with art on them.

BBC School Report Day 2012

Sailing daily

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Misty magic in St Quay Harbour.

Today saw the second day of competition in the pre-olympic qualifying. There were ladies from different countries competing in 8 different boats.

They were a bit slow because there was hardly any wind. One of them ended up on the edge of the hull and nearly fell over. There were RIB’s zipping around making lines in the water including a finishing line which nobody crossed, an old fishing boat that had been converted into a helping boat, and there was also a big sailing boat decorated all over with flags.

There were multi-coloured buoys which the boats had to swerve around then heaved up the spinnaker and adjusted the sails ready to race along with the wind behind them, faster than at any other point in the course.

Having loads of fun on the water on a calm day with patches of fog floating around which make the nearby rocks look more scary. A great day to watch or sail such an important match for those after a gold medal in the Olympics to be held in Portland/Weymouth this year in the Summer.

             

By George T Wilde

Sailing correspondent.

St Quay Portrieux

St Quay Portrieux is a great big fishing port and it is hilarious watching the fishing boats because they drift and charge and carry on doing the same over and over again. St Quay Portrieux isn’t just fishing it also has nice beaches too they have rock pools and sand!

 The tides are huge! We have to climb a steep ramp at low tide at high tide it is flat.(In these pictures the tide is nearly in and then only half out - look at the height of the pilings (posts) at the side of the pontoons for an idea of the heights involved. At spring tides last week the difference was really very big.Mark.)

We explored an island that you can only get to at low tide called Ile de la Comtesse, it has ruins on it.

I bought some sausages at the market, I had to say “Un demi saucisse seche et cinq saucisses fumee s’il vous plait.”

Blog from Carteret.

It was fun to cross the channel. We saw lots of cargo ships and we had to ask one to mind out for us he said 'it's all right, there is plenty of room'. It took a long, long time, we saw loads of black backed gulls and fulmars.

Back in Cherbourg we saw a fishing boat in a dry dock drying out, there were lock gates to keep out the water. Cherbourg registers most of the local fishing boats even in Carteret. There are loads of abandoned railways running all over the city with lots of level crossings the railways mainly running to the docks so that people could board the cruise ships in the past.

Carteret has 3 beaches, they are brilliant. One is pretty much rocks at low tide and there are two sandy beaches. They have got sand dunes and one has a rocky end at low tide. It's great fun. We liked splashing in the waves with our wellies on and looking in the rock pools seeing the wildlife. There are also big pools in the sand at low tide because the sand gets all moved and ends up being loads of dips. The dog likes Frances sandy beaches too.

Today (Friday 3rd  of February), I went into a French bakery on my own and asked for 2 baguettes in French. The lady in the bakery gave me only one so I had to ask again for 2 and she got me another one.

Next stop is St Malo in Brittany.