| Le Huelgoat |
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Le Huelgoat - The forest
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Le Huelgoat - Mystics rocks
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| Huelgoat
("upper wood" into Breton) is one of my preferred places in Brittany
(good childhood memories!). Within a superb forest (one of the vestiges
of the mythical Brocéliande forest), rocky chaos go down to the village
of Huelgoat, at the edge of a pretty small lake. The light there is
often of magic purity. |
 Le Huelgoat - Trees
legends explain the presence of these incredible rocks. First version:
a passing-by giant would have thrown the stones on Huelgoat, furious of
not being nourished by the inhabitants. Second version: The chaos would
be the result of a battle between the Berrien and Plouyé villages, but
as people of that time lacked force (!) the rocks fell halfway on
Huelgoat. Third version: God prepared a pulp... of granite, which would
have turned into pebble! Disgusted, he would have thrown the |
mixture on
the valley... No need to evoke the geologists’ explanations, a little
less Fantasists! Some paths permit to discover the forest and its
legends. For example, the cave of the Devil (still him!), supposed to
be the door of Hell. Or la Pierre Tremblante “the trembling rock”,
block of more than 100 tons... but which can be moved by pushing in the
right place. Or le gouffre de la rivière d'Argent (the pit of the
silver river), which water dyes sometimes red because of lovers’ blood
of Dahut, daughter of king Gradlon, who got rid of them overnight...
Many sites are also witness of the passage of King Arthur, as the cave
of Artus (where the king would have slept), the pond of wild boars or
the camp of Artus (demons w. And many other legends to be
discovered!ould still be guarding there the treasure of Arthur,
discovered in the Val sans Retour in the Brocéliande forest |
| PS : In short, the perfect place for those of you with little imagination! |
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