Saturday 11 June 2016

A bit more from France

Been a busy few days here in France, lots of visits to the beach and enjoying the great weather.

I am amazed how many Dacias there are in the area. The most popular appears to be the Duster and have seen a handful every day while we are out and about. We've seen a few Stepways and the odd Sandero, but also have seen lots of older style Dacias wearing the old badge.


Caught one of Dave's French cousins as they drove past.

The beaches have been amazing, the tide goes out so far leaving huge bays.


Dave got photobombed by another cousin.


Dave has done a great job with the bikes on the back.


And we visited some great places, this was Château de la Hunaudaye




And finally one without Dave, just to show you some of the fabulous beaches we have found.





Monday 6 June 2016

Dave's escapade française

So it's that time of the year, time for Dave's summer holiday. So where to this year? After the last 2 years in Mumbles it was time for something different so Dave is off to the home of his French cousins. So loaded up with bikes and all the other kit we headed off, the first problem the M25, delayed for over 90 minutes and therefore missed our booked crossing time.


Thankfully the system at Le Shuttle meant we just got on the next train, phew!

After arriving in Calais we hit the A16 and spent a steady three hours before we got to our overnight stop in Caen. A great stop over and dog friendly, it's the third time we have stayed at a Campanile and have always thought them great value.


They appears to have been alot of talk about the lack of fuel in France due to industrial action, however we were able to top Dave up no worries in Caen.

Next part of the journey was going to be via the Normandy beaches, but we decided instead to visit Bayeux and see the tapestry which we both thought was amazing. Back on the road again and we crossed an amazing bridge near Le Havre.

So onto our final destination, a beautiful farm apartment near Dinan.


Looking forward to the rest of the weeks adventures.