Normandy in August
In August, my friend David and I decided to have a quick break over the Bank Holiday. We waited so late to book, there were no flights available at any reasonable cost to anywhere we wanted to go, so we took the car on the overnight ferry from Southampton to Le Havre. This is a great way to travel. It leaves around 11pm and arrives around 6am. You can book a cabin and get a fairly good nights sleep. However on arrival, we had to wait for the sleepy French to open their cafes in the charming town of Honfleur. It seemed all the early morning patrons were English fresh off the boat. We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast of fresh croissants and caf