Brittany: Boating in the beauty of France's Celtic heartland

A live-aboard boat voyage is the perfect way to take in some of France’s most beautiful towns and villages, while also disconnecting from life’s many distractions, writes Conor Power

The marina at Redon, Brittany, France.

There are so many distractions these days — on a micro level with the little phone in our pockets, to the macro level of unhinged world leaders playing war games — that what we really need is to slow down and at least try to switch off.

As I was pottering along at 8 km/h on the River Vilaine on a magnificent evening, this was the thought that struck me. And it was only by slowing down to this level that I had the mental space and time to even formulate such a thought.