BC (before Covid), we bulk purchased 10 Eurotunnel crossings, thinking 2020 would be a year of travelling. We didn’t have a motorhome then, we would just take the car and stop wherever the notion took us. Well we all know how 2020/2021 turned out, so we are now using up our crossings and a weekend in France beckoned!
We didn’t want to drive too much as this is the weekend of the HEATWAVE and apparently we shouldn’t leave the house, we should shut the curtains and retire the deepest darkest recesses of our houses to escape!
Well, we are heading to Le-Mont-Saint-Michel in a tin can, so pray for us😜
After a short drive from Calais, our overnight stop is Le Crotoy, a seaside town in the Baie de Somme. It is a pretty seaside town with a small port, beaches, lots of seafood restaurants and a holiday atmosphere. There are couple of standard seaside attractions, like candy floss and a carousel on the promenade, but also a regular programme of events on the promenade. Last night there was a rock band playing.
The overnight stop is just a big car park that has capacity for 100 motorhomes, you can fill up with fresh water and empty waste water and toilet, but other than that is is very basic. However it right in the town so easy access to shops, restaurants and bars. There are lots of cycle and walking routes into the surrounding countryside and beaches. Le Crotoy is 60 miles across the Channel from Hastings but the scenery and land is similar to Romney and Camber, flat with marshy inlets.
Although the parking stop is not pretty, it is quiet, everyone is good natured and at around 9 am every morning, the baker’s van arrives selling fresh bread straight from the oven, croissants, pain au raisin, pain au chocolate and other delights.
We had a delicious meal at Le Commerce in town, I had plate of prawns as a starter, Charlie had Tuna Tartare, then I had Moules and Charlie had the Selection de Poissonerie, which was fish (didn’t manage to suss what type, a firm white fish, not cod, monkfish or hake) with a crispy crumb, served with a lemon & white wine sauce on a bed of braised leeks. We couldn’t manage dessert but they all looked cream heavy, in fact, seemingly mountains of whipped cream!
A walk along the seafront, where we captured a host of hot air balloons drifting across the estuary and then back to the motorhome for a very restful night. It was surprisingly cool in the motorhome and we didn’t really wake up until the hoot of the baker’s van alerted us to the prospect of warm baguette!
Next stop – Le-Mont-Saint-Michel..
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