And so...

...a very quick roundup of the rest of what we did in France. I can't believe we only had 2 weeks there - we did fit a lot in, but it was very relaxing too!!

We visited castles in Caen,

found every home "Farrow'd and Ball'd" - I loved this one in the Blangy Le Chateau - the next village to the campsite.

Drooled over patisserie and macaroons (and even bought the odd box full!)

Spent a rainy day in Rouen (another massive church!! in fact Rouen had 3 Cathedral sized church's!!!)

This one had taken some direct hits in the war and had taken ages to repair, in fact most of Rouen had been flattened and rebuilt - its still having a lot of rebuilding done today. It reminded me very much of our northern towns, especially Leeds.

Every where in France looks like the film set from Harry Potter. This staircase in the Cathedral definitely did.

The old parts of the town had been restored beautifully.

I'd forgotten that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake here - on this very spot.

The church dedicated to Joan of Arc was very modern and quite unusual.

The "sculpture" (which looked like Keplunk sticks!) across the bridge which spans the Seinne, certainly brightened the gloomy day.

We spent a wonderful evening at a local cider farm. The farmer said it had been a good year for apples.

I love buying produce from places like this.

We left with freshly pressed apple juice, cider, Calvados and cider vinegar!

We visited loads of little towns that were well off the tourist trail and so very very pretty.

Pont Audemere was a sweet little place with canals running through the town. In the olden days, the towns industry had been tanning (hides, not sunbathing bodies!).

Ah well. Farewell to France - until next time.