This morning we woke up fairly early, but once again didn't hurry. The Swan Whisperer went to get croissants from a nearby bakery, which we enjoyed after our poached eggs on toast. After breakfast we went for a walk round the village of La Rivière-St-Sauveur, which I had not done before. It is quite a pretty little town, but what is really nice is that it still has its shops, which so many places don't have. We saw two bakeries, a butcher's, a greengrocer's and an ordinary grocer. Probably a lot more expensive than the local E Leclerc, or whatever, but much nicer.
We also walked round the lake in the Parc Morrelle, which we had been unable to do last time as it was being repaired. The reedbeds were so high, though, that it was impossible to see the water except in one or two carefully curated spots.
After the Swan Whisperer's coffee, we set the Satnav and headed on. As an experiment, we decided to ask it to take us on the "Shorter" route. It has four possible modes: "Fast", "Short", "Shorter" and "Economic". This was quite fun, but it took us through a lot of small towns, in at least one of which there were serious traffic hold-ups. We didn't know whether it was road-works causing diversions, a local fete of some of the kind, market day, or just sheer weight of traffic, but very unusual for France, where streets are often quasi-deserted out of rush hour.
The Swan Whisperer wanted to look at the sea, so we set a waypoint for Langrune-sur-mer, where there was a car park with dedicated motorhome spaces across the road from the sea, so we had lunch and the SW went for a quick leg-stretch. He then said there was a casemate along the beach that he wanted to see, but when we drove past, it was only a concrete pillbox, such as can still be seen in many places on the British coast.
We told the Satnav to go the most economical route, as we were bored of traffic jams and tiny roads, so it took us up the main road to Barfleur; I fell asleep for a bit on the main road, as I often do. Woke up awhile before we arrived, though.
But when we got there, there was no room at the inn - certainly not in the free aire they have there, nor in two nearby campsites. So we had to rethink. The Swan Whisperer suggested we check what Camping-Car Park had in the area, and we finally found this rather pleasant aire that is not at all full, though we are not sure why. We are parked up in the shade, and the SW went for a walk to see if there is somewhere he can go for a run in the morning, and I did a tai chi workout to a video. Then it was time to get supper, which was goaty aubergine pasta, yum!
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