March 2025 bike tour in Normandy
I found this Blog entry, half finished on my PC. So I've completed it as a record of my trip in March 2025. Day 1 - Home to Saint Vaast, 25 March 32.6 km Following that horrendous winter of virus after virus, it's great to be feeling fit and healthy again. This week has been sitting in my diary, with no appointments for a long time. So I booked a ticket to Cherbourg a couple of weeks back, and now here I am sitting in a reserved seat aboard the Barfleur. This vessel has happy memories for me, Betty and I travelled to France for our honeymoon when the boat was just a few weeks old. An early start today, had to be checked in by 7:30, and I managed that without trauma. However, I hadn't slept well last night and that would cause me problems later. I met two other cyclists as we queued to board the ferry, Julyan and Frazer. We discovered we were all heading for Saint Vaast, and the same hotel, the Fuschias. I felt a little odd on the crossing, a bit cold and shivery and I even...
