France for the weekend

[tjmouse]

My breakfasts may be boringly brown but I do like proper French pastries!

Heading back north today and MRA says it will take 4 hours which should be enough to stop and pick up a couple of bottles of wine on my way. Every Cave in the immediate area is closed on a Monday so it’ll probably be a supermarket stop near the ferry.

 

[tjmouse]

Toasty day in northern France 31C at times which made for a sweaty day!

Roads were good though with a mix of straight through the fields and a few twisties at times.

Lunch was a win. Driving through 3 villages that were as good as deserted I found a restaurant that was open and had a few people in. €15 menu de jour was an absolute win!

There was also a salad bar to start, a cheese course and coffee but I was short on time so stuck to a main and desert.

Cracking on to the ferry I made good progress to Caen where the traffic built up. Fortunately i could follow a couple of french HDs filtering through so didn’t get delayed.

Last vital stop of any france trip is the supermarket. I managed to get 6 bottles in the roll bag with a couple of t-shirts for padding. The girl at the cash desk was a bit confused but there we go.

The queue to check in and passport control was pretty killer backing in the sun but then they waved the last 2 of us on bikes to the front and got us on board.

Apparently I’m a creature of habit as I’ve sat in the same spot 4 times now!

So there we go, another long weekend in France. Now to relax for a few hours on the crossing and I should get home by midnight.

 

[Wapping]

Good report and proof (if any were needed) that you don’t have to go miles or spend a fortune, in order to have a good time.

Thank you for making an effort to share your holiday.

 

[Arsey]

Good report and proof (if any were needed) that you don’t have to go miles or spend a fortune, in order to have a good time.

Thank you for making an effort to share your holiday.

Agreed. A good read .

 

[Rusty]

Just seen this report. What a great little trip and good piccies too. Enjoyed going through that so thank you for posting.

 

[Tinytim]

Just seen this report. What a great little trip and good piccies too. Enjoyed going through that so thank you for posting.

Same here. Nice one @tjmouse . Enjoyed that

 

[tjmouse]

I like that people have found it again. Just read it again myself. Feeling inspired for the August bank holiday now

 

[JonnyBravo]

Fabulous write up and rather inspiring - could be me in September to wind down the season

 

[Mongoose]

Thanks, enjoyed that. Horrific looking chips n fish though!

 

[EVskiy]

Arrived at the B&B hotel 3 minutes from the port. Very basic but clean with good shower and bed.

I know the palace, we stayed there on our return journey from Sid’s a couple of years ago.
Decent enough for a night or two.