Rather wet drive down the coast of Normandy

…and so to France. First stop Baie de Somme.

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August 26th 2011
Surprised last night, that following a rather glorious, if brief, sunset, it then rained all night. Heavy Pitter patter on the roof of a motorhome is really rather loud ! No problem, we had to be up at 6.30 (trusty alarm clock, used only a couple of times a year comes in handy again) and away by 7am to catch our early ferry. This was the P&O 8.10 – the latest we could catch and still get super l ... read more

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