Ile de La Comtesse, Pointe du Sémaphore, Le Romeur

6km walk along the GR34 hiking trail. Views over Harbour Island from the Ile de la Comtesse: an arch, which was the last remnant of the original link from the peninsula to the cliff, was washed away during a powerful storm in the 19th century, transforming this piece of rock into an island once and for all. This rocky knoll named the 'Comtesse' (Countess) therefore became an island of the same name. There are 2 explanations for this name and they contradict each other, or perhaps they complement each other: *In the 13th century, the Count of Avaugour, lord of Goëlo, gave his wife the Countess a piece of land that included what was later to become the island. *In the 19th century, the Countess of Thuylais acquired the island; in her memoirs she...