Monday 29 July 2013

Moving on time again as we continue the slow trek home – boo hoo!

The weather is now significantly cooler then we experienced last week but still with lots of sunshine and very pleasant though rain showers, generally in the afternoon.

Cathedral at Flers

Nothing really interesting to report on today, just more of the long straight roads for which France is well known. Stop-offs for provisions and lunch before making away into Normandie and the area around Caen. Couldn't really make our minds up whether to stay around here for a couple of days or carry on up to the Opal Coast, that is within closer reach of Calais. We finally headed for Ouistreham, where the Portsmouth ferry comes in and which in itself is a nice holiday area.

There is a reasonably sized aire close to the ferry port, although it is a bit like a car park but with bigger bays. It was reasonably full but we thought it would be ok for one night, the only problem was the pay machine would not accept any of our cards and told us to pay at the municipal campsite which is miles away. To hell with that, there are plenty of other aires along this bit of coast.

So we moved on to the next village of Hermanville-sur-Mer where there is a small 6-place aire behind La Poste and we joined a couple of other vans at this very quiet peaceful spot, right in the centre of the village.