Day 3. Wed 17 July 2019
The plan for today was to visit Bayeux
We were looking for a new hall stairs and landing carpet, so Bayeux was as good a place to start as anywhere. But when we got there, we only found old stock. No use to us whatsoever!
Seriously though, the intention was to have a look at the Bayeux tapestry today.
We found a camping car aire, - a free place to leave your campervan. Reserved for campers. All over the place in France right now. It makes it easy, but rumour has it that you run the risk of having the bikes stolen off the back of your van, or having your van burgled while you are away from it. But we took the chance, as we had no bikes with us, and very little of value inside.
We bought a combined ticket for the war museum nearby, and for the tapestry display for 12 Euros each. The museum was easily worth the 3 Euros extra, above the 9 Euros we would have to pay for seeing the tapestry.
A short walk into town and a squint inside the cathedral. Lovely place, and we were treated to the organist doing his organ practice, to boot! Not many mistakes either!
The tapestry display was good. Cool inside. You are given an audio guide which starts as soon as you start walking. The good point to that is that the result is no log jam of people at any point. You all move at the same speed as the audio guide. Hence a great flow through. A bit like variable speed limits on motorways in the UK. It all keeps moving (hopefully).
Mind you, I have to say that the writing on the tapestry could be a little neater, and the spelling better. It's a bit gloomy in there too.
Plus the fact that I never really got the hang of what happened to Harold, and which side of the battle he was. Maybe he switched sides when it suited?
We ate in E Leclerc at their Kitchen cafe. Great value. Burger, fries, a desert, and a drink. All for 6 Euros.
Then we drove to Clecy in Swiss Normandy, to a campsite down by the riverside. (I can feel a song coming on). We had the last pitch available!
The plan for today was to visit Bayeux
We were looking for a new hall stairs and landing carpet, so Bayeux was as good a place to start as anywhere. But when we got there, we only found old stock. No use to us whatsoever!
Seriously though, the intention was to have a look at the Bayeux tapestry today.
We found a camping car aire, - a free place to leave your campervan. Reserved for campers. All over the place in France right now. It makes it easy, but rumour has it that you run the risk of having the bikes stolen off the back of your van, or having your van burgled while you are away from it. But we took the chance, as we had no bikes with us, and very little of value inside.
We bought a combined ticket for the war museum nearby, and for the tapestry display for 12 Euros each. The museum was easily worth the 3 Euros extra, above the 9 Euros we would have to pay for seeing the tapestry.
A short walk into town and a squint inside the cathedral. Lovely place, and we were treated to the organist doing his organ practice, to boot! Not many mistakes either!
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| Bayeux cathedral |
The tapestry display was good. Cool inside. You are given an audio guide which starts as soon as you start walking. The good point to that is that the result is no log jam of people at any point. You all move at the same speed as the audio guide. Hence a great flow through. A bit like variable speed limits on motorways in the UK. It all keeps moving (hopefully).
Mind you, I have to say that the writing on the tapestry could be a little neater, and the spelling better. It's a bit gloomy in there too.
Plus the fact that I never really got the hang of what happened to Harold, and which side of the battle he was. Maybe he switched sides when it suited?
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| Beautiful Bayeux |
We ate in E Leclerc at their Kitchen cafe. Great value. Burger, fries, a desert, and a drink. All for 6 Euros.
Then we drove to Clecy in Swiss Normandy, to a campsite down by the riverside. (I can feel a song coming on). We had the last pitch available!
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