The morning breakfast was plentiful, so we boosted our carbs for the day. We have already been accused of doing more eating than cycling but for the record we did 75 km today.
We moved off at 9.30am, the day seemed warmer and stiller than yesterday, perfect for cycling. We knew it was a big cheese day, cycling through the heartland of Normandy cheeses with Calvados and Cider the main products.
The Daddy of all French cheeses! The village is tiny and seems to have fallen on hard times. They no longer produce cheese is the village and the two cheese museums were closed. We carried on to Vimoutier and homed in on the restaurant in the square for our first 'menu de jour'. A substantial, help yourself, buffet starter, main course and sweet. Here is David tucking in to our sweets. We ordered two puddings and a cheese course. I think the staff panicked when they saw all of us tucking into the cheese board. The man quickly came to collect it...but....we had already put a dent in it!
The countryside and route of our cycling was through some lovely rolling landscape. The cycling was a pleasure. Our next cheese was Livarot. We have already polished off a full round of Livarot last night. The small town was pleasant enough but we only stopped and had a look around the church.
The Cathedral at Lisieux is just across the road from our hotel. We fully expect to be woken at hourly intervals through the night by the bells. The Cathedral is famous for not being the place where Henry Plantagenet married Elenor of Aquitaine! It might be famous for lots of other things that didn't happen here as well! The town also has a Basilica of St Terese and it is the second most important place of pilgrimage in France behind Lourdes. Apparently, a woman lived in the house of St Terese, she became ill....and then miraculously she was healed. It could have been a script from the Life of Brian!
The Cheesy Joke of the Day
What did the cheese say to the Therapist?
I Camembert it any longer!
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