In Brittany, should we displease the bulky vestiges of black tides? – release
The ocean is calm. This day of March, the sun is high, the weak wind and no wave crashes on the high cliffs of the Pointe du Raz, in Finistère. An extraordinary weather for this large France site accustomed to strong gusts, one of the most dangerous passages for sailors. « The currents are extremely violent », Locates Claude Marzin, native of the neighboring town, Plogoff. The sixty -something, who works and now lives in Brest, came to visit his mother. “Growing up here is like living on an island. We are far from everything, there is no job, it’s tough ”, he continues. The villages and their residents hold in particular thanks to tourism. The beauty of the panorama, between Landes, Bruyères, Prunelliers and Granite lands, attracts nearly 900,000 visitors per year. A spectacle that new owners are tearing up, more and more numerous from the Pandemic of Covid. “Before, it was still very plouc. Today, houses are sold at gold prices ”, Relates Claude Marzin, also a member of the local association for safeguarding historical heritage.
But an oil stain returns for a few months to spoil this painting worthy of Instagram. Underground or hidden in bunkers built on the Breton coasts during the Second World War, lying hundreds of bags filled with oil. Buried over fifty years ago, they have become bulky vestiges of
