French collection part 2

L’Abbeye de Manoir at Matragny in Normandy about 8km from Bayeux.  Run by an elder couple,  in the morning I would wander over to reception to be greeted by Maurice with and he would present me with my warm baguette & croissants.  One morning in the bag containing my croissants were 2 eggs he’d collected that morning from his hens.  There we visited Grandcamp Maisy the port and the gun battery, we also had a lovely lunch in a bar in the village. Our ‘rig’ at L’Abbeye de Manoir in the very distance I can be seen having an afternoon nap :)

me, myself at Grand Camp Maisy a German Gun Battery only recently uncovered that pounded the troops that landed at Omaha Beach on D Day June 6th 1944.

Joe at fishing port at Grand Camp Maisy

the coast at Grand Camp Maisy has also has the highest tides for a while and all the roads which lead to the sea front has barriers in front off them to keep the sea back – this is the aftermath – we arrived just a bit too late to actually see the sea covering the promenade road – but as you can see the sea was certainly rough!!!

Last but not least the bar where we have a beautiful lunch Joe had the chicken but I have ‘colin’ (Hake) in a very tasty cream sauce with sliced potatoes it was delicious & a boulee of cidre to wash it down!!!!!!