Huelgoat

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On the first day off from band practice, we visited the town called Huelgoat. This place is known for its rocks. There is a large rock that is precariously balanced on a hill above a house, which is called the "trembling rock." It's possible to jostle the rock so it moves a bit and shakes the ground around you.

Then there is a huge ravine filled with moss-covered rocks. We got to climb around a few of the more accessible rocks. There were a couple of huge explosions as there's a quarry nearby; the Statue of Liberty stands on the stone from this quarry. This is also the origin of all people with the last name Kerouack (multiple Bretons, all Kerouacks in the US, etc.)


Pictures of Huelgoat below:



































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There's an amphitheatre above the ravine, it's perhaps the perfect place for a bagad concert.



















There was a large building above the ravine as well.