Frenchman’s Peak (Mandooboornup), Rossiter Bay and baking bread

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This Morning started early , we had debated doing the Frenchman’s peak walk for the past few days and decided last night that today would be the day 

Above Frenchman’s Peak (Mandooboornup), 

as we drove there earlier this morning. Frenchman’s peak is 262 metres above sea level. The Peak was so named due to a group that were exploring the area in the 1870”s believing that its peak looked like a Frenchman’s cap.

The walk is a grade 5 walk and takes between 30 - 40 mins, some sections were quite easy with others an extremely steep climb, which had me using my hands at times. Not the most elegant of scenes, luckily we were the only ones there.

The views were spectacular, the above photo is the view looking back over Duke of Orleans bay.

The above view was looking over Lucky bay , you can see the road that leads into the camp ground.

This Panorama was taken by Gadget (DH). Whilst I can’t say the hike up was easy it was definitely less scary then going down, being able to see how far you can slip and fall really raises the anxiety levels …but we made it , neither of us slipped at anytime , and whilst gadget did it far more gracefully,  i felt elated that i had achieved it. 


We returned to camp for a well earned breakfast, out first big cook up of bacon and eggs 

and then headed off to Rossiter Bay, 

Rossiter bay was only a short drive on dirt roads , we had been warned that it was quite corrugated , but we found it really quite good. Upon looking back i could see Frenchman’s Peak.

As you can see Rossiter was another beautiful bay with azure water and white sand beaches, it also has a nearby bird sanctuary. I was fortunate enough to get a few photo or two. 

Knowing that our time here was coming to an end we took Reggie for another run on the beach, still no kangaroos to be seen. Gadget played with his drone and we now have footage of Reggie trekking on the beach.

We returned to Ruby and commenced the sad task of packing up, not that we had a lot to pack, one of the benefits of van life , you have to tidy as you go.

Then it was time to bake

The loaf as i suspected was a great loaf , with plenty of spring and bubble blisters.

We baked in the Baby Webber, something we hadn’t done before.

Sadly we didn't research it  

And the loaf ended up with a burn’t butt, not to worry. A few hours later when it cooled The burned bits were chopped off  and its a great little loaf. 

All in all we had a wonderful day , with lots of learning, gadget with his drone, me with my bread and some hand piecing of a new quilt,  because we have time.  

Reggie and Ruby are both ready to move on now.

Until the next Blog

Travel safe

The Touring Knights

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