Abbaye de Bon Repos             official website at www.bon-repos.com To the west of the Lac de Guerledan, on the River Blavet which fills it, is the ruined church of the Cistercian monastery, and its 17th-18th century development .  This site, built  in 1184, rebuilt and ruined successively over the centuries, hosts a grand Son et Lumière around the second weekend in August, when hundreds of local performers, actors, horses and dogs re-enact  the factual and legendary history of the locality from Roman invasion to Revolution.  A daytime visit is also recommended as the setting is superb, with weirs and salmon stairs, former water mill, mediaeval stone bridge over the river, restaurant and fossil shop in the Abbey's dependencies, and a good bar opposite with draught screens made of vast sheets of local 'schist' or slate.  Deep turquoise damselflies and trout flit over and under the water respectively and there is also an eco marché on Sunday mornings - this is a market of Organic produce, not one of the host of small Supermarkets stocked by Intermarché!

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