Last night's stop should have been a good one, but sadly despite the town of Port-Bail being quiet, the road that ran alongside the aire wasn't. Also our neighbour decided to rearrange the interior of his motorhome at one forty five in the morning!We had talked about staying a second night, but these problems decided otherwise. So Barfleur was to be tonight's stop. Or perhaps not. Our car ferry home doesn't leave until just after six tomorrow evening, so we have plenty of time to drive up country. With that in mind, we are now at a free park up right by a spectacular white sand beach, peppered with very pretty coloured miniature shells.
In the distance, the towns of Barneville and Carteret. And it is just a five mile drive down the road from last night's stop. So a nice easy day for Margery.
Nestled amongst the sand dunes, with skylarks singing as they fly overhead, and butterflies silently going about their business the spot feels very peaceful, even with a few local people arriving to spend the afternoon at the beach. We packed a lunch and took a walk along the sands, across dry crusty earth through the tidal marshlands and into the town of Carteret, and then on to Barneville.
We very much needed to get some steps in, in readiness for our upcoming long walk along a section of the south west coast path. The area here is known as the Cote du Isles, named so as from here you can see some of the Channel islands.
Fantastic beaches sand dunes and a national regional Park grace the area. We cant believe how quiet the area is in mid July. The Contentin peninsula we feel deserves more interest. Stunning beaches, beautiful harbours, pretty towns and excellent seafood. But it seems for many it's just an area you drive through to and from the Port of Cherbourg. We drive this way often, and always like to spend a few days in the area. In fact tomorrow we are planning to leave early so we can take a walk along the coast from St. Vaast le Houque to Le Goeland Plage before heading to Cherbourg. Sorry Barfleur, we might have to give you a miss this time.
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