We travelled down through Picardy in Northern France on Monday morning. It is a vast area and beautiful, but a bit boring as there is not much to see from the motorway. We decided to stop off near the coast for a breath of sea air. I fancied the look of
St Valery Sur Somme which is situated on the amazing
Baie de Somme.
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The whole area is a great place to view nature. It has great bird watching spots and also seal colony's.
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St Valery definately looked "out of season" - very very quiet but still great to look around - and without the crowds.
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It is a great little town with typical french houses.
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It has a wonderful long promenade - I think you could walk for miles along here.
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We saw people hiring Kayaks and Canoes to explore the Baie and the Somme river and canal.
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Despite being bombed everytime someone mentioned "war", a lot of the old medeival town still exists.
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It was a great place to stretch our legs and explore. I wouldn't mind spending a bit more time around this area in future. xxx
10 comments:
I think you should be called 'pack it in Diane' not as in 'pack it in' = stop it - but pack it in = god how many places do you manage to cram into a holiday = you really don't waste a minute. Mildly jealous.
We trundle down through Northern France most years on our way down to the south .... and every year we say we must stop and have a good look around .... it looks lovely! You had a great trip .... not a minute wasted!
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"I wouldn't mind spending a bit more time around this area in future" - You're going to need a lot of holidays to do that with all the places you've said that about! As always lovely pics, Diane.
Looks such a pretty place to spent some time.
It looks lovely. Just shows what treasures there are waiting to be explored just off the motorways.
It looks a beautiful place and so tranquil inspite of its place in wartime history. Your photos of the bay are lovely and I love the slightly pink house with the blue shutters:)
Been there. Camped in fact. Beautiful photos. Another lovely place is Montreuill (not sure if I've spelled that correctly) - think it's further north though.
This looks both interesting and beautiful, you chose a good spot to stretch your legs:)
It is amazing what you see when you leave the motorways, which is easy in your own car not so good in a tour bus. You have seen some lovely places. I have only heard of Somme in connection with war.
We went there several years ago and there are some beautiful spots. T'other Diane x
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