Honfleur and Bayeux

Monday was an absolutely glorious day so we headed to Honfleur for a wander. Honfleur is very touristy so you get lots of restaurants, cafés and artists galleries.we had wander around the old town including the amazing wooden St Catherine church. We joined the masses and had lunch in one of eateries around the old harbour, before heading off to Leclerc for the obligatory shop. One comment I would make is that €4 to park all day near the harbour is pretty good value.
We then along the coast road alongside the vast expanse of sandy and pretty deserted beaches through the various resort towns including Trouville and Deauville which don't have a lot to recommend them along to Houlgate and back to camp. No piccies at the moment as I only used the camera and cannot upload them.
As forecast Tuesday dawned with persistent rain. We decided to head to Bayeux as I had never seen the tapestry. This was a bit of a trek as in all honesty the campsite was a bit far east for what we wanted to see.
We found a free car park near the old town (UK towns take note!) and headed off to the museum. It was pretty good value on a joint ticket with the invasion museum and included a good English audio guide.
Then it was back for a picnic in the car park!

By this time it had pretty much stopped raining so we had a walk through the old town. Bayeux unlike most of Normandy was left undamaged by the invasion and parts of it were like a scene straight from Allo Allo!

We then walked to the Normandy Invasion which again was well done and told the story in chronological order. Some of the statistics of men and equipment used were staggering especially the loss of life on all sides.

We finished with a visit to the British war cemetery across the road. This was very moving. It was stunning just how young most of the troops were. The sheer scale of loss of life is something we must never forget