Curiosities of Val d’Oust or former Le Roc Saint André !!!

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I am back in my road warrior mode going this time to my backyard of my beautiful Morbihan, lovely Bretagne and in my belle France, I have come here before to pick one of my sons’ whor worked here and we patronise the local restaurant and visit the great brewery, I decided to come back to the area for memories’ sake. Therefore, let me tell you about the curiosities of Val d’Oust or former Le Roc Saint André  !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

In my beautiful area, the monuments, sights and plain fun are forever. We are just kicking in for more in my road warrior trails, Stay tune to this mine and yours blog. The original village had a simple chapel ,the Chapel of Rotz  which became in 1608  the Chapel of the Roc  and at the French revolution, Pont du Roc. First erected as a town in 1790 and in parish in 1802 , the town takes in 1951 the nameof Le Roc-Saint-André, and last became, on 1 January 2016, a common delegate of the new town of Val-d’Oust. It merges with the towns of La Chapelle-Caro and Quily (see posts).

There is my favorite brewery in all of Bretagne, Lancelot (see post) , and may memorable moments as one of my sons worked here and we came often. Even had lunch at the La Chaumiére resto, Lovely country town in deep Morbihan.

The Brasserie Lancelot (Lancelot brewery) in Le Roc Saint André at the Parc Artesanal La Mine d’Or or industrial park of the Gold Mine. Which since those days , the town has change its name in 2016 ,and is now call Val d’Oust or something like the valley of the Oust river. The brewery was founded in 1990 and started developing beers right away until 2002 they went into cola soda making with the regional brand Breizh Cola already with a 15% market share in the region of Brittany!  In late 2020, the Brasserie Lancelot owners sold majority interest to the Coopérative Agrial, which is base in Caen , dept 14 of Calvados. They were already makers of popular cider brands here such as Loïc Raison and Kerisac. This time they were close but see my other post on it for details.

Le Roc Saint Andre brasserie lancelot to main ofc boutique apr24

The official Brasserie Lancelot: http://brasserie-lancelot.bzh/

To know a bit more of Agrial, webpage : https://www.agrial.com/

Restaurant La Chaumière at 6 rue Nationale ,The restaurant offers traditional cuisine with a menu of the day. A carte menu of galettes and crêpes are also offered. You can enjoy the large terrace in the enclosed garden behind the restaurant where a trampoline is installed. Open every midday, closed on Monday. From Friday to Sunday, also open in the evening. The atmosphere and the decor put the Breton tradition in the spotlight and, with it, conviviality. Even if no time to eat in, we stop by always a nostalgic spot when getting our son and having lunch with the family there, Memories forever ! Webpage : https://www.lachaumiere-valdoust.fr/

Le Roc Saint Andre La Chaumiere resto front apr24

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on La Chaumière resto of Le Roc St André : https://morbihan.com/offres/restaurant-la-chaumiere-val-doust-fr-4387540/

The Canal Nantes-Brest is a small gauge canal that links the cities of Nantes and Brest and follows the Erdre, Isac, Oust and Blavet valleys (which it joins at Pontivy) , Doré, Kergoat, Hyères and Aulne; these rivers are connected by three junction canals crossing water divides. The Canal Nantes-Brest is dotted with 238 locks, 17 of which are submerged by the Guerlédan dam .The canal is long of 360 km with 236 locks (not done them all!) linking four rivers , the Loire, Vilaine, Aulne and Blavet, Also helps linking 8 rivers such as the Erdre, Oust, Blavet, etc, It ends at 184 meters below the sea level.

Le Roc Saint Andre canal nantes brest over bridge D766a apr24

The new town of Val d’Oust on the Canal Nantes to Brest: https://www.mairie-valdoust.fr/Voie-verte-Canal-de-Nantes-%C3%A0-Brest

The local Brocéliande community of Oust on Le Roc Saint André : https://www.oust-broceliande.bzh/accueil-roc-saint-andre/decouvrir-le-roc/le-patrimoine

The new town of Val d’Oust on its heritage: https://www.mairie-valdoust.fr/les-monuments

There you go folks , an interesting drive on the off the beaten path areas of my beautiful Morbihan.  Again ,hope you enjoy the post on the curiosities of Val d’Oust or former Le Roc Saint André as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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