Through Le Harve to the Normandy beaches

The journey through to the Normandy beaches has been a mixture of awful road and beautiful back country lanes on a marked route. As we approached Le Harve we meet a cyclist who told us it was very dangerous to get through the city and he was right. We had no route just a vague idea. As we negotiating a mixed cycle walking path un homme'  avec chien walked straight out of a blind corner without looking and Chas crashed into him sending both to the ground. Picture below tells the story... It could have been worse. However we still had the Pont du Normandie to negotiate consisting of 2 massive steep access suspensions bridges with instructions to push bikes not ride because no cycle lane and heavy traffic. It was a nightmare and we felt we had balls doing it but there was no alternative. Came out the other side to Honfluer, a very up market village full of tour buses. A beautiful little holiday town with a market and harbour. Still with the hills cycling west along Normandie coast. Have good maps for a cycle greenway through to Mt St Michel which should takes about a week to get there. At moment having a beer in the sun as the weather warms

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Main road of Etretat ...mayhem

Honfleur market

Honfleur harbour

Fabulous merry go round

Anzac poppies on side of road