Jolly Holidays
JJ and I had our trip to France in July with a road trip up through Normandy and actually get to visit and see the coastline that we look across to from home. The weather was kind and saw some lovely places but others whilst we were pleased to see them could have been better:
St. Malo - always lovely
Mont St. Michel - nice but hideously crowded and over commercialised - pity as we'd looked forward to going there but actually preferred the Cornish one!!!! From there on to Avranches - nice with a cracking good jazz band in the town square while we had our meal
Granville - wonderful town, arrived on Bastille day so lots happening, loved the old town, brilliant hotel
Carteret - misty and wiffy when the tide was out but nice to see the lighthouse and amazingly sandy beaches, good view of home from the cliffs!
Bricquebec - lovely medieval town, nice old manoir and town square, some nice property for sale, cheap too!!
La Rozel - the other one, not a lot there but a big campsite, nice manoir in private ownership on the edge of the village
Flamanville - nice little French town ruined by overhead power cables from nearby N power station
Goury (Cap de la Hague) - lovely little village/hamlet at Normandy's most north westerly point, must be hellish bleak in winter but nice atmosphere, good lighthouse, nice view of Alderney looking almost a stones throw away
Cherbourg - crappy, only good for ferries!!!
Barfleur - gorgeous little fishing town, brilliant food overlooking the harbour for J's birthday, nice surroundings too and Normandy's tallest lighthouse.
Had a cracking time, next anticipated visit, Brittany, in the other direction!!
Big visit in August, the entourage (Mum, Dad, Pat the dog, Sophie and Daniel) all came over for Battle of Flowers week. The forecast was desperate, the sea crossing over was awful with much sea sickness but as is traditional in Jersey the day of the battle of flowers was hot, sunny and beautiful. The tribe stayed over to the following Monday and all had
a good time despite there being six of us plus a hound in a small one bedroom cottage!!!
- Posted by Rob Luscombe on 30/08/2008.
- Rob Luscombe's site
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