Rocks of the devil (les roches du diable) : go canoeing-kayaking and fishing on its river
Posted by LN, Friday 10 July 2009 at 21:55 - Canals rivers and lakes in Brittany - Tags
Les Roches du Diable (rocks of the devil) are:
The legend of the site, because there is a legend is:
Saint Guénolé (the monk who created Landévennec monastery at the origin of the evangelization of Britain in the 5th century) increased conversions in the region. And Paolic (the devil in Breton) did not like it at all. He threw stones on him when the monk was walking along the Elle. But Saint Guénolé with a sign of the cross avoided them. Weary, he decided to fight the devil. The struggle was so wild that the devil left his claws on a block of stone.
Saint Guénolé was finally the winner as he was able to precipitate Satan in a bottomless hole where he still is...
It is surely when the Devil broke that the river is the place for international canoe-kayak. They take place in winter when the river and the devil are celebrating ! The site is free for canoes ... or for kayaking in the summer.
You can also fish trouts and salmons. These two fishes were rare in the rivers of Brittany a few years ago, they are back. The influence of the tide goes till the site of the rocks of devil.
If you are neither kayaking or fishing, you should know that is not good to be around to swim. Too dangerous. Instead you can walk along the Ellé and enjoy the nature and the huge stones.
Read it in French : Les roches du diable canoe kayak et pêche sur l'Ellé
- A natural site where the devil is locked?Yes, les Roches du Diable is all that! ... A huge pile of stones laid along the river Elle.
- A place for international competitions of canoe-kayak?
- A site where fishing trout and salmon is easy ?
- A place where the picnic is better than bathing?
- A beautiful site for walking?
Saint Guénolé (the monk who created Landévennec monastery at the origin of the evangelization of Britain in the 5th century) increased conversions in the region. And Paolic (the devil in Breton) did not like it at all. He threw stones on him when the monk was walking along the Elle. But Saint Guénolé with a sign of the cross avoided them. Weary, he decided to fight the devil. The struggle was so wild that the devil left his claws on a block of stone.
Saint Guénolé was finally the winner as he was able to precipitate Satan in a bottomless hole where he still is...
It is surely when the Devil broke that the river is the place for international canoe-kayak. They take place in winter when the river and the devil are celebrating ! The site is free for canoes ... or for kayaking in the summer.
You can also fish trouts and salmons. These two fishes were rare in the rivers of Brittany a few years ago, they are back. The influence of the tide goes till the site of the rocks of devil.
If you are neither kayaking or fishing, you should know that is not good to be around to swim. Too dangerous. Instead you can walk along the Ellé and enjoy the nature and the huge stones.
Read it in French : Les roches du diable canoe kayak et pêche sur l'Ellé
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