16 – 18 June
Into the West
Into the West
A disadvantage
of living in Stratford upon Avon is that it takes considerably longer to get to
the Channel tunnel! Not to worry, we just leave plenty of time in case of
inevitable delays on the M25, in the hope that we have been over-cautious and
might get an earlier shuttle, which is exactly what happened on this trip. In
fact, Le Shuttle was so quiet they were operating a “free-flow” and we boarded
the train an hour earlier than booked.
After a night
halt at our usual site, Les Erables, we travelled down to Honfleur and were
impressed by the huge Pont de Normandie over the mouth of the river Seine. We
joined the throng on the aire.
Don’t leave your arrival too late if you want to stay here in the summer! The local community police were quickly on the scene, but not on our account, but because the owners of a car and caravan had thought they would also make use of the parking facility – non, non, non!
Don’t leave your arrival too late if you want to stay here in the summer! The local community police were quickly on the scene, but not on our account, but because the owners of a car and caravan had thought they would also make use of the parking facility – non, non, non!
We whiled away
the latter part of the afternoon and evening exploring the old port lined with
colourful houses and heaving with restaurants.
We were amused to see two young chaps trundling a piano over the cobblestones. While having a meal later, we could hear piano music not too far away and assumed they had reached their destination; thankfully the piano seemed remarkably in tune!
The area around St Catherine’s Church with its separate bell tower was very pretty; unfortunately, we were only able to peek inside the church as there was a wedding in progress. The museum dedicated to the life of the composer Erik Satie, who was born in Honfleur, (thankfully with audio in English!) showed what a quirky character he was.
We were amused to see two young chaps trundling a piano over the cobblestones. While having a meal later, we could hear piano music not too far away and assumed they had reached their destination; thankfully the piano seemed remarkably in tune!
The area around St Catherine’s Church with its separate bell tower was very pretty; unfortunately, we were only able to peek inside the church as there was a wedding in progress. The museum dedicated to the life of the composer Erik Satie, who was born in Honfleur, (thankfully with audio in English!) showed what a quirky character he was.
The next stop
was at Bain de Bretagne, where we stayed at the lovely municipal site, and were
very grateful for the shade of the trees as the temperature climbed to about 30
deg C. The facilities were clean and perfectly adequate for a short stay and
the site was very peaceful, apart from some noise from the nearby railway.
From there, a
last “hop” to the islands off the Atlantic coast…..
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