Saturday, 21 May 2016

France May/June 2016

Up early this morning to an excellent breakfast on the boat to sustain us for a day’s travelling.  Our Journey went well and, although the motorway was very busy until south of Boulogne, the remainder of the drive went remarkably well with a coffee stop just south of Calais at Cap Gris Nez with excellent views across the Channel to the White Cliffs of Dover and our regular lunch stop at the Aire de la Baie de Somme.  We noticed that the barley is much further on here than at home and already drifts of dog daisies are in flower.  We were aiming for Les Andelys on the Seine close to Giverny as we intend to visit Monet’s Garden tomorrow.  We are established in a fine Logis de France and before our evening meal we walked down to the banks of the Seine and the village of Petit Andelys with the Chateau towering above.  It was pleasant and very warm so we treated ourselves to a pre-prandial outside a very pleasant creperie, when suddenly we heard thunder.  Of course we had no coats and when the heavens opened had to buy a very expensive brolly.  Naturally on the way back the rain suddenly dried up.  Still the brolly was used!!!
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