Tuesday travels. . . .Bayeux

Our reason for visiting Bayeux in Normandy was to see the original Bayeux tapestry which technically is not a tapestry but an embroidery.  Wool has been used to embroider scenes which led up to the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.  We had visited Battle when we were last in…

Tuesday travels. . . . Utah Beach, Normandy

I thought it rather poignant the juxtapostion of the child’s beach toy next to the signpost for Utah Beach, the scene of such dreadful destruction. This is a view of the beach from inside one of the gun emplacements. There are still several of the gun emplacements visible along the beach. This is the only…

Tuesday travels. . . .Avranches

Avranches is where a collection of manuscripts from Mont St Michel was deposited during the French Revolution. A museum houses the collection and we intended to visit the Scriptorial when in Avranches but it was Monday and the Scriptorial is closed on Mondays! You can see Mont St Michel in the distance in this next photo,…

Tuesday travels. . . .Pontorson for a meal.

Pontorson is situated about 10 kilometres from Mont St-Michel and we went there purely to get our evening meal.  We had read about this particular restaurant in the pamphlets in our Gîte but the restaurant was quite busy when we went later in the evening so we decided to go to another restaurant and we…

Tuesday travels . . . .Mont St Michel

Today we have moved out of Brittany and are visiting Normandy. The reason for the Normandy visit is Mont St Michel. We had organised accommodation at a gîte called La Bastide Du Moulin on the main road, seven kilometres from Mont St-Michel. The accommodation was excellent and the hostess gave us some excellent advice regarding…