Paul John:
Fergie47:
Paul John:
pete smith:
A nice little Saviem parked in Scaer,Nice photo there Pete. Great backdrop very French village Scaer.
I spent a fair big of time there back in 1990/91. We had some dedicated loads out of the poultry factory just outside the village, mostly fresh to Ready Roasted in Aberdare. Everyone there was friendly.
Just a short trip to Roscoff, otherwise up to Cherbourg.
Fergie may remember if it was Burgoines!Paul… If the factory you went to was on the edge of the town just off the Chateauneuf-du-faou road, then it closed around 2005 /06…There is now a huge one on the Gourin to Scaer road along side the airfield “Les volailles de Keranna” it’s a big operation. “Doux” is the biggest chicken producers in Britagne, with several factories in Finistère, and a huge export market however, there is a decline, and they have made redundancies this year…one of them is a friend of ours who has been there over 32 years… If you ever got to the town when you were here, it has changed very little, you’d still recognise it I’m sure, a few bars restaurants, and cafes remain, just, and a lot of shops closing up, but that seems the norm for Europe at the moment…
Hi Dave, thanks for your reply. It was the Les Volailles de Keranna site I loaded out of. A motor cycle club used to hold sprints out on the airfield. I did load once out of another factory which did turkeys only, it had a lake behind it and iirc it was on a hill north east of Scaer. Perhaps that’s the one which closed down.
I used to be in Scaer at least once if not twice a week and weekended every second week. I would bobtail into the village and park by the church with a cafe/restaurant and pizzera on the main street. Weekends, off to the beach.
As previously mentioned workers at the factory were great, you could park your trailer there, wash it out and use the showers. In the week you could use the canteen for breakfast and lunch. Party time on the overnight boat, looking back it was a working vacation.
Hopefully Pete had a good time out there.
I had a cracking time there Paul, beautiful part of the world, even the company I kept was good 