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mean everyone. There are riding stables, and here children can be left with qualified instructors to have an afternoon trek, leaving parents with the afternoon free to do what they want to do. The stables are clean, the animals well cared for, and the children are encouraged to care for the animal that they have been riding, as grooming is part and parcel of the experience.

For those that want more, there is the lake area, on the Gouarec road from Mur within ten minutes drive, and here there are a variety of locations. Cycling, walking, and even beach play are encouraged by the layout of the area. The lake has areas that are children friendly and tideless, with beautiful sandy beaches, but it also has areas that are for exploring and walking, and the cycle paths along the Nantes Brest Canal easily accessible from Mur, and parking of the car simple. Hire of bikes is really cheap and you get to see a part of France that you would never see from the road, down cycle paths through forest or alongside the canal under the shade of the trees.

From Beau Rivage (a ten minute ride from Mur), one can take a trip around the lake, and here there is sufficient choice of either just a boat trip at a modest price or an evening cruise with a meal, although I find the meals expensive on the boat, and would opt for a meal in the restaurants that all overlook the lake.

Extensive work has been done to improve Beau Rivage, and it now offers a wonderful opportunity to walk around the lake, with well laid out footpaths and plenty of shade. For the young at heart, there are boating activities, mini golf, etc., and the place always seems humming with activity, and is family friendly.

Anse de Sordan on the other hand, approached via the turn for Bon Repos, offers the tourist escape from hustle and bustle, and although it does have a beach, is less commercialized and a little more grown up, offering good restaurant facilities, and wooded walks.

Mur is also very well placed for a town trip to Pontivy to visit its' chateau, or to simply shop, to take in nightlife of discos, or restaurants, and what people should remember is that night life in France doesn't really start until 8 in the evening and that a meal out is an occasion. Waiters never hurry you, and restaurants serve good quality food for all tastes. In the other direction, there is a major town of Loudeac for those that want more action and indeed massive shopping areas.

New on the scene is a wonderful garden on the Loudeac road, which

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