It was a grey and cool start. We quickly warmed up with a tough climb shortly after starting our journey. We headed for the coast and cycled up the Seine estuary and under the Pont de Normandie.
Our lunchtime stop was at the delightful harbour of Honfleur. It is probably the most touristy place of our whole tour but lovely all the same.
We had the sea food experience. Soupe Poisson, and Moule Mariniere. We do like to be beside the seaside, so we should eat the food of the sea. We also had a couple of oysters each.
Onward to Trouville and Deauville, both nice seaside towns on opposite sides of an estuary.
The weather had picked up and we had a superb ice cream, described by Peter as the best he had ever had, so it must be good. The ice creams were eaten too quickly for the photo! The beaches were lovely...no sun bathing but there were plenty of people about walking and playing.
We arrived at Pont L'Eveque and were again a little disappointed by the quality of the bridges, we awarded them 'nil Pont'! We did go and buy some Pont L'Eveque cheese. It might be our last cheese of the trip. The hotel is again out of town so we bought some provisions for the room in case we were caught without a restaurant. It was a nice hotel, quite large and part of a chain. David has done a good job with booking the hotels. 65 km today on the bikes but the legs are keeping going ok.
Here is sample of our feast for this evening. Note the cheeky Chateau David wine.
Cheesy joke of the Day
What do you call a smelly cheese in a a church? Stinking Bishop.
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