Last night we sat out at the picnic bench behind Marge, until ten o' clock, when despite the heat of the day, the wind began to cool us. The sunset, not so dramatic as the night before, but still quite stunning, could be seen from the wall behind the campsite.
We left late this morning, as we walked into the town to view the tiny market, and on our return, chatted to our English neighbours for a while. After wishing each other a safe onward journey, we headed up to the coast. Time getting on, we stopped for a late lunch.
The view from our picnic table 'pure Normandy'. Among the apple trees, cows wandered, lazily grazing, oblivious of our presence.
Tonight we are staying at La Fontaine Saint-Come, close to the town of Arromanches-les-Bains. The beach in this area, is more famously known as Gold Beach, which would become famous as one of the D-Day landing beaches.
Late this afternoon, we walked along the coast to Arromanches, where we viewed and photographed the remains of the Mulberry harbour and other equipment used in Operation Overlord.
Above the town some sculptures mark the fading memories of the tommies.
The town was quiet for July, with very few English visitors around, which suprised us, at such an historic sight. Daily, we are commenting that, we have seen so few English people in all the time we've been in Italy and France. Perhaps the nervousness regarding Brexit, is already starting to filter through along with the very poor exchange rate as the pound tumbles.
Tomorrow we will head to Honfleur. But tonight, John unable to resist the aromas of the pizza van next to us (though the sound of his generator is quite annoying), is treating us with his last few euros!
We walked down the beach and took some close-ups of a section of broken up Mulberry harbour.
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