Bayeux and sipping wine by Le Mont St Michel

After packing up and leaving the interesting hotel we made our way back into Bayeux for some more history with the Bayeux tapestry.

A 70m long piece of embroidered linen depicting the story of the battle of Hastings. The whole reason behind the outbreak of this battle was Harold proclaiming himself King of England in 1066. Consequently William of Normandy rightful heir decided to go and claim his kingdom and ultimately conquered – hence his name of William the Conquerer. This was such an amazingly preserved work of art showing the skill and dedication of the people who stitched it – it would take me 5years to do a ¼ of one scene (Ps there are just under 80 scenes in total)

The Battle of Hastings Reinactment

Bayeux Cathedral



 


So far we have found Bayeux one of the cutest and most beautiful little towns we have come across with small creeks running throughout containing waterwheels and locks. Bayeux was also relatively unscathed during the war due to its UNESCO rating – go figure!

We headed off out of the town towards Mt St Michel, however on the way made a slight detour off to Caen to see the War and Peace Museum. Here we saw an exhibition dedicated to the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize as well as visiting the American Garden.

Watch out Dave!





At the American garden

Wewere on our way again and arrived in the small village outside of Mt St Michel in the early hours of the evening. We had a delicious 3 course meal including sampling the local lamb from the salt marches surrounding the Mont. Moments before our dinner the sheep from the nearby sheep farm ran past the restaurant where we were eating (which was the hotel restaurant). Of course Dave and Tom couldn’t resist the opportunity to “Run with the Sheep” in preparation for next weeks Bull Run.

Running with the sheep

Scaring the poor little sheepies

MMMMM Dessert - Dave is a pig and ordered two!

After dinner we drove over toward the Mont and watched the sunset over the distant sea with a couple of bottles of red. A lovely (but freezing cold) end to another lovely day.

The silhoette of Mt St Michel

Sunset at 10:15pm

BYO drinks and sit on the side of the road