Tuesday 27 August

The bread van came about 9am, tooting his horn to let everyone know he was coming, we bought a baguette and pain au raisin, very nice too they were.

Then we had a visit from a woman driving around the site, she told Paul that we had to move as the policeman was on his way and whilst we were ok to park on the end of the line in the middle of the aire last night, we had to be in a proper place around the edge during the day. So we just drove a few feet into a vacated spot overlooking the canal, and free electric – hurray I can shower and dry my hair later!

We cycled into Honfleur, initially following the water until we got to the beach with a HUGE sign saying No Dogs, so we had to turn around and go back into town. Honfleur had been recommended to us as a lovely town and everyone was right, amazing old buildings tucked away everywhere with a mix of architectural styles. And of course lots of boats which we love to see. We had a wander and then stopped for a fruit juice on the harbour side – the most expensive fruit juices we’ve ever had. But it was a lovely spot to do a bit of people watching. There were all different types of people of varying nationalities and ages, including a large party from Yorkshire – we could hear them before we saw them! There were 2 enormous river boats on the canal and a cruise ship, so many of the people would have come from those I guess.

By lunchtime the early morning sea mist had cleared and it was getting hot, we sat outside at the van and had our first bread and French cheese lunch, I did have to have little doze afterwards with Lottie. Late afternoon we walked around to the Lidl to stock up on a few essentials, Lottie was chased by a large dog baring it’s teeth – did she run? No, she danced around it barking at it 🙄 until I could reach down and snatch her up. It was a close encounter – for her and me!

Back at the aire vans were beginning to fill up the gaps left by departees, we had new neighbors from Belgium who were very friendly. Paul enjoys looking at all of the vans, but I do wish his friend Mike was here as I’m not a lot of use when he wants to talk about them.

The electric is 5amp here so Paul wasn’t sure if my hairdryer would work but we turned off anything else and yes – it did! I felt much better after a shower. It has been a hot and sticky day.

Tomorrow we head off south, not too far, though if the weather’s not good we may keep going.