The last few days in Normandy before we head back have been filled with beaches, bars and a birthday. Villers-sur-Mer was a lovely spot to enjoy a fabulous birthday lunch and a stroll along a sandy beach admiring the stunning houses along the coast. The town is not far from Deauville which is well known for its horse racing so that explained the horses being ridden through the water along the beach in the morning - a most idyllic scene that we weren’t quick enough to get a photo of.
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| Not a bad pad |
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Hugo was loving the sand
Yesterday we went on to another ‘Sur Mer’, this time Veulettes, which was a beach but this time a rocky one - Hugo was not so impressed and made a show of the stones causing much discomfort to his little paws. The sheer cliffs at either end made it a dramatic site and it seemed very popular with tourists. We found the last restaurant to be open and scoffed on moules mariniere before heading to the van to await the rain.
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| A few gannets nested in the cliff face |
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| Quite a lot of wartime history here too |
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Rocks ahoy
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It’s raining once again as we sit in the van at Le Crotoy before we make our way to Calais over the next three days. This is a regular stop as we love the seafood restaurants here so much. On our walk around the town today we discovered that Jules Verne was a regular visitor and started writing
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea here, and Joan of Arc was imprisoned somewhere in the town before she was taken to Rouen for trial. Guerlain also had a house here. An interesting place that is more than just good seafood.
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| A fairytale house in Le Crotoy |
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| I need prawns!! |
The fog is now coming in across the water making the atmosphere quite spooky. Tomorrow we head to Montreuil Sur Mer for Hugo’s vet visit to have his paperwork signed before we take Wednesday’s Shuttle back to England.
