Back to beautiful Brittany - the mussel harvest is in full swing

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 Out for another days cycling exploring the area around the Vilaine. The river estuary has many mussel beds and the mussels seem to be being harvested on an industrial scale. Continual incoming barges laden with  mussel crates line up at the quayside. Well moules frites is on the menu in most restaurants around here and they have to come from somewhere !

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