Mt St Michelle was our next planned stop. We used a lovely recommended campsite and set off in the morning to take a look at this amazing cathedral perched on a rock off the Normandy coast. Motor homes are very well catered for in France however they are sometimes not permitted on car parks. We now know that we should have spent the night there on the dedicated overnight parking place and allowed a full day there. We know for next time. A stop at a roadside shop to take a few photographs and buy a bottle of Calvados was all we saw of Mt St Michelle on this trip.
A 15 hour overnight sailing to cross the Bay of Biscay ahead of us we found this lovely quiet spot to give George some exercise. He had to stay overnight in the van and at 9 in the morning when we went to see him I must admit we opened the door with some trepidation. All was fine, in fact I think he is a better sailor than either of us! I wouldn't have liked it to be any worse than it was and on asking the young man who escorted us to the deck to attend to George in the morning it was 'half way' Will we do it again? Not sure.
The LD lines Norman Asturias is the one to the left of the photograph and one of the transport vessels with 2 pieces of Airbus on the quayside.
First sight of Spain.
The campsite we found in Gijon was lovely. We had a 2 night stay there before heading off for Ayamonte a 2 day drive.
Campsite at Gijon.
