Pretty Honfleur Harbour And Medieval Town in Normandy
After visiting the Thiepval Memorial and Ulster Tower, we headed south west towards the coast and the town of Honfleur. We over-nighted in a small town called Forge Les Eaux about half way to Honfleur. Here there was a large aire operated by the campsite opposite. It was advertised as being open from March until […]
All Aboard The Mont St Michel Express!
When we arrived on our first European trip in December 2016, we left Cherbourg driving towards Rennes. As we drove along the route, we could see the impressive Mont de St Michel sitting just off the coastline. As we were mere rookies then, we had already picked out our place to stay in Rennes and […]
The Martyr’s Memorial Village At Oradour-sur-Glane
Our next planned visit was the memorial village at Oradour-sur-Glane. This was a 480km journey, much more than I would ever travel in a day. Our Mercedes 814 lorry conversion has a six cylinder 6 litre engine….. with no turbo, so it is not going to win any races. These Mercedes engines though are world […]