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Week ending Saturday 27th May 2023

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Sunday 21st May 2023 Up late, dull morning, 13 ° C, cold and gloomy out. Stayed in and did a little housekeeping. Lunch at 2pm and by 3pm the sky had cleared so we set off for Isigny Sainte-Mère where there was a Viking Fete taking place. Many dressed up as Vikings, others dressed as animals, with all sorts of strange foods and drinks, lots of burning fires for blacksmiths and woodwork. Win bought some earrings.     Spent an hour or so here then decided to make our way back, via Omaha beach. The longest D-Day beach at 10km, it was quite stunning and we were able to drive along the length of the beach, not ON the beach of course, a road running the length of it.   Looking out over Omaha beach.   It was very blowy. Monday 22nd May Out to Super U for a top up of foodstuffs. Lovely sunny morning although just 14 ° C Sat in sun and read until lunch then drove to the German Cemetery at La Cambe in the afternoon.  ...
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Week ending Saturday 20th May 2023

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Sunday, 14th May 2023  Left home 8am. Good journey to Folkestone and Eurotunnel, motorways never terribly busy and with a following wind, we made it in just 4 hours. Arrived a couple of hours before our booked time and took an earlier crossing, 2.20pm local time. Arrived at our overnight stop, Les Epinettes at 4.30pm local time, just 8 miles from Eurotunnel. Tired but pleased to be here we had a bite to eat, watched a DVD "A rather English marriage" then to bed. Onboard Le Shuttle on our way to France. Monday, 15th May Slept well, up at 7.30 and away by 9.15am. 11 ° C, cloudy and quite windy Stopped around 12.30 for lunch at a services where we filled up with diesel, £1.40 per litre, a little cheaper than at home. Our journey from Calais to Bayeux, 367km or 228 miles, took us through 4 road tolls and one bridge toll with a total cost of €41.50.  Good journey with little traffic on autoroutes but we drove through several heavy downpours. Arrived at Camping Municipal des Bo...
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