Sunday 26 August

Sunday 26 August

Taking time to smell the flowers

 

A day out in Western Cherbourg.

 

It was bright, warm, and breezy, and the perfect day for a 5-mile or so walk to the West—yes, 5 miles! 

 

 

Overlooking the Western Rade 1

Past the swimming centre (closed), past the huge restricted military marine establishment (razor-wired off), and on to a lovely little beach-park overlooking the Western end of the Outer Rade we walked.

 

Overlooking the Western Rade 2

 

There we found a beach café which offered a “grand barquette” of pommes frites, and the temptation was too great. We succumbed in an instant.

On the way back, we detoured first through the delightfully tranquil botanical park, and then meandered through less familiar parts of the town.

Today's eating plan chip-wrecked

Street Art, Cherbourg style

A postcard from Cotentin

 We came across a patisserie selling a selection of delicious ice-creams, and seconds later, we were on our way back to the boat, ice creams in hand.  We know how to live!

 

As you might expect, all this had been quite tiring, so an afternoon snooze took us into the early evening, and dinner-time was upon us before we knew it.

The Botanical park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Super-duper.