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A little detour to Granville
Back to Îles Chausey After our slightly traumatic but impressive visit to Mont Saint-Michel, our next stop was an overnighter back out at the Îles Chausey. With light SW [...]
A visit to Mont Saint-Michel
The most visited site outside of Paris Just a short bus ride away from Saint-Malo is Mont Saint-Michel, a place that ranks highly amongst France’s must-see sites, and one [...]
The spectacular walled city of Saint-Malo
A bit of history The fantastically fortified port city of Saint-Malo lies some 20 nm south-west of Iles de Chausey. While it has no doubt been inhabited for much [...]
Anchoring in very big tides
Les Îles Chausey The Îles Chausey are a swarm of small islands, skerries and rocks that lie roughly 30 nm south of Carteret. Many are bare rocks which at [...]
Sailing into seriously tidal seas
Our next passage plan was ‘around Cap de la Hague to somewhere on the western side of the Contentin Peninsula, possibly Diélette’. How very innocent of us! A new [...]
Two invasions in one day
Off to Bayeux by train By train Bayeux is an hour or so through low hilly countryside from Cherbourg. Here we intended to pay a visit to that very [...]
The French markets
Fruit and veggies with flavour! Also in Cherbourg, whilst looking for a boulangerie (bakery) for croissants and baguettes, we ran into our first marché (market). Here, in a jumble [...]
Different experiences in Cherbourg
Our first French washing machine From Tatihou, the hop around Cap Levi to Cherbourg was about 40 nm, with a forecast of light to moderate winds and a sunny [...]