Staying close to Granville, Avronche nearby, about 40k from Mont StMichel
Avranches is an interesting town. Stayed there once. Key town in the Battle for Normandy. General Patton distinguished himself there as usual.
Otherwise and apart from Mont St Michel I wouldnāt know that side of the peninsula well at all.
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In may youād probably need to go to the cambrils or similar in Barcelona direction to get better weather
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Raguenes plage?
That was around Clohars, Le Kerou beach, lovely spot in the weather we had.
My most timid daughter is just after singing a Taylor Swift song at the karaoke here in Normandy and Iām not able to be honest, so proud
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We did an afternoon and evening at Omaha Beach after a morning at the pool,
They have rightly monetised the D-Day stuff but itās an amazing experience, we went to the Overlord museum, the most incredible collection of authentic WW2 vehicles, machinery, weaponry etc, very interesting,
Then onto the American cemetery which is really eye opening, the amount of crosses/stars is just unbelievable when you see them
Then a swim in Omaha beach itself which is bloody impressive, goes on for miles, the agricultural land and the small villages up there seem to have history pouring out of them, we stopped to see the steeple of John Steele from the longest day
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That sounds like a great day out in fairness.
Currently in Elizondo / Navarra and depending what you do, you can cross over into France and back. Stunning countryside which would be very similar to Irish countryside. Totally different to the south of Spain. Top drawer food and drink.
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I was supposed to be in Italy today, but circumstances meant I had to just not travel as of yesterday.
Herself sending me photos of the public swimming pool in her village. The Italian version of leisureland
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Stunning
Itās not improving my humour looking at them 
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Just back today from a fortnight in Brittany and Normandy,
Now we were incredibly lucky with the weather which made it, two beautiful campsites, one on the beach and the other a short drive, incredible facilities in both,
It may be the last big family holiday with the oldest for a while, she has other interests which is understandable I suppose though she tried to play ball as much as possible.
I was pleasantly surprised by the French on this trip, they appeared much friendlier than any time weāve been there before,
The food was only so so, I had the argument here recently that I think the food scene in France is completely overrated and I stick by that.
Anyway we had a lovely time, campsites are an ideal location in the good weather
Got myself a present of the Rennes jersey, I had been admiring it on loads of people but couldnāt make out who it was, Iām not a jersey man but itāll do for 5 a side and the odd Cork match, Rennes is twinned with Cork, I went to primary and secondary school on Avenue de Rennes (notions in Mahon 
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in Brasileira do ChiadoAnyone ever been to Carcassonne?
I have. Good for 2 nights really
Rented a car and hit the coast after that
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Just home from Lisbon thankfully wasnāt caught up in the UK ATC meltdown, see a load of flights in and out of DUB were cancelled
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I saw this post at the time and said I will look into it. I got the Ulys tag. This is an absolute game changer (apart from getting rode senseless by the frogsā¦115 euro and counting and I have to drive home from the south of France yet) Thanks for the advice
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I got the bip and go tag. Great yoke. 155 yoyos spent on tolls though.
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Thatās steep. In what time frame?