I posted this on the bike group, so apologies if some of you get hit by
it twice ...

Normandy and Bretagne, Autumn 2007

Tuesday - Day 1 - Honfleur
I've been promising NewGirl a trip to France for some time; she's
travelled fairly widely as a sprog to farther afield but, much like
myself a decade ago, had been to places further away without seeing much
of Europe, and none of France. A recent bout of illness on her part
gave me reason to use the "get better and I'll take you to France"
incentive. So, her having struggled hard to recover, bless her, off we
set.

I had to go to a meeting, early-morning, so we went from there and
blatted down to Folkestone. As the meeting finished early we were there
1.5 hours ahead of schedule, and the EuroTunnel computer was nice enough
to offer us an earlier trip, at no extra cost. Cool. And set me
thinking; roughly 75%% of the time when I've turfed up early I've managed
to get earlier crossings, despite said crossings being classified as
either "full" or much more expensive options on the web site. So, if
you're prepared to take a gamble, you may well find they let you on.

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:55:59 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:

What an excellent read! Thanks for that Bear.

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:48:57 GMT, Baz
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Please don't buss the Bear's bum.

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:55:59 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:

Thanks for that, Mr Bear. As usual, not long enough and totally
fascinating.

Tell me again, what is the speed limit in France :-)

It brought back some memories of my visits to Normandie 40 something
years ago. You could still see the remains of the mulberry harbour at
Arromanches. Maybe they've gone by now.

Fond memories of Deauville, too. Steering a 65' yacht into the harbour
(the one with the lock gates) at 10:30 at night with a strong
cross-tide running and zero visibility at the age of 15 sort of sticks
in your mind :-)

In article Richard Sherratt said ...

Well thanks to you and Baz for your kind words; if anything, I thought
it was a bit over-long as was, but I never know which details to leave
out and which to include. I tend to be very detailed over the food and
drink, coz people do like to know those sorts of things.

Or, at least, I do when I read other people's stuff :)

"Baz" yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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iawtp! you take the coolest vacations!

zol

In article zol said ...

Thanks :)

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:24:31 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:

She sounds like a keeper Bear. I hope it works out for you both.

In article Baz said ...

Thanks. These days I don't really do the whole "couple" thing, but we
do have some great times together and it's zero stress, which I really
like.

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:37:01 GMT, Baz
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Kindly stop hugging his hairy hindquarters.