Things to do

Out and about

Local towns for main shopping are La Roche Bernard (market day Thursday) and Redon (market day Monday), charming and ‘typical’ small French towns. Redon has several supermarkets and a cinema. Nearest shops are at St. Dolay (5 km) with mairie, bars, small supermarket, butcher, boulangerie, garage and pharmacy.

Things to do

• Chill out in the gardens.
• Fishing, boating and swimming in the Vilaine.
• Eat at any of several good restaurants in Redon and La Roche Bernard.
• Walk and cycle freely from La Ruelmain along tracks, paths and quiet country lanes.
• Bike and canoe hire in and around Redon.
• Paint.
• Birdlife comprises larks, peewits, several sorts of owl, and other birds of prey.
• Sea and beaches at La Baule (crowded), Penestin, Le Croisic and Golfe du Morbihan.
• The Nantes - Brest Canal passes through Redon.

Things to eat

• From the shops: fish, vegetables that taste, mead (chouchen), local cider
• At restaurants: crepes, galettes, moules frites
• From our gardens: figs, grapes, raspberries, walnuts, apples, herbs
• From the land: chestnuts, mushrooms, sloes, blackberries

La Ruelmain is in an excellent cycling area, with quiet country roads and tracks, gentle hills and level routes by rivers and canals - cycling for softies.

Places to visit

Golfe du Morbihan (50 km); La Baule (40 km); La Roche Bernard (12 km); Nantes (75 km); Redon (18 km); Vannes (52 km).