Got the scooter ready and set of for Bayeux for the day, we took a back road route, so that we were not in the heavy traffic of the main road. Took the GPS in my pocket just in case we got lost, we did, the road signs are not that good but we eventually got there but not on the road we intended . First thing we did (after filling up with petrol, see 2006 for what happen when we don't) was visit the municipal campsite for future reference, it looks good, with an easy walk to the centre (half a mile). if we ever come this way again, it's a possible.
Parked the scooter on the pavement (sidewalk), in a side street of the main sopping street and then just set off walking, we have been before in 2004, we had a street map and the GPS. We arrived at the WW2 war cemetery on the ring road and had a solemn walk around, then crossed back over the road to the D Day museum (Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie).
Next we headed back into town, towards the cathedral and river close to the tapestry museum, we had a look for the cafe outside tapestry museum we had used last time we were there but it had gone. Then after a long walk around the centre and taking some nice photos, we stopped for a beer and to check that the bike was ok, luckily it was parked outside a bar.
After a visit to the tourist office, Dot spots another of them land train tour things and as it is due to go we hang about for the ride. Eventually when the thing doesn't leave on time, I wander over to the bar where the driver is chatting up young girls and ask if the train is still running. Yes he says but qualifies it with a statement, that if outside the cathedral, no more people get on the train, the tour will be cancel and we will not have to pay. Outside the cathedral, just as the driver is informing us that it is over, four people get on, he has to continue the tour and we have to pay.
Late in the afternoon it started to cloud over and looked like it was going to rain, so we decided to get back to the site just in case. The ride back to the site is a lot shorter when we take the correct road and we spot the supermarket where we can fill up with fuel and provisions tomorrow morning.
That night we gave the bar a miss and just watched a film in the van instead.2004
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