Lunch at Ker Rouz

Day 2 – Caen to St Jean Brévelay (total so far 953.3km)

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May 20th 2013
Had an interesting night’s sleep a hundred yards from the main road in a Premier Classe Hotel, rumoured to be an ex prison, (might need to re-think the budget hotels!) but it was warm and dry and had secure parking and WiFi. Decided to forego the vending machine breakfast and head off to the next stop on the road. We decided not to do Bayeux as the museum wouldn’t be open on a Bank Holiday ( ... read more

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