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After having a late night last night due to Griff gigging, we got to bed around 1.00am and was up again at 5.00am.  4 hours sleep and we both knew this was going to be a long day!

Thankfully we fully packed the van on Saturday and it was just the last minute toiletries and shoe bag to sling in the van. Off we went to Portsmouth expecting to be nice and early for the 8.00am ferry.

Seems other people had the same idea and it took about an hour from getting into the ferry port to boarding the ferry.  We were one of the last ones on and thank goodness for AC in the van as it was another hot day in the UK. The Ferry was nearly full with holiday makers and of course the school holidays had just started.

We did think the crossing would go slow but the 6 hours went quickly and before we knew it, we disembarked into a very hot and sunny Caen ferry terminal.  It took us over an hour to get past customs due to the sheer number of people on the ferry so that scuppered our original plans to stay near Beauvais. It would have meant we would be arriving around 8.00pm  so we decided to rethink and chose a place about 50km from Caen.

We made a wise decision of booking a cabin as we knew we would need to catch up on much needed sleep to get us through the day. A couple of hours with our heads down for a nap did the trick and we felt so much better.  The ferry certainly catered for all the needs with 3 places to eat, bar, shop and even a play area for the kiddies. 

We ended up in a very small village called Courtonne La Meurdrac, South East of Lisieux. A ‘Aire De Camping’ site which had 4 pitches.  One pitch was taken and we were relieved there was plenty of space for us. These camping sites are free to pitch up with a small fee for getting rid of waste water, topping up clean water and for electricity.

It was a clean site with a small lake a little walk away. We enjoyed having a meander around the lake and watch fish jumping out of the water to catch the flies hovering above. We even took time out to sit at a bench and Griff did some sketching and I started writing this blog.  It was so peaceful, quiet and tranquil.  Just what we needed to start to relax and recuperate on our holiday.

The plan for dinner was just a pot noodle but Griff managed to sniff out a fast food pizza man a couple of minutes walk from the camp site. So pizza it was for dinner and it wasn’t bad for €11.90 and rather tasty.

Overall our 1st day has been enjoyable, eventful and looking forward to a longer nights sleep….