The ferry trip on Irish Ferries’ Oscar Wilde was the calmest we have ever experienced. There were very few on the boat which meant prime seats were easy to find. The boat itself has a new look as if recently refurbished. It was a very relaxing journey with no entertainment and no crying babies or children running wild. Just a good book, a glass of wine and the odd furtive candy crush when Jim wasn’t looking!
On arrival in Cherbourg (September 25th) at 17.00 the skies were a bright blue and the sun was shining - 21 degrees. Our first overnight was in Saint Lo where we had booked the Inter Hotel. It was on the outskirts of the town near a Buffalo Grill and an Italian restaurant. We chose the Buffalo Grill for food - never again! The room in the hotel was good though.
Next morning we set off for Rochefort where we were spending the night with Danielle, Emmanuelle, Jade and William. We had a lovely evening catching up and planning places to visit. We thought we might give Lourdes a miss but Danielle advised going there. She said a miracle was always possible - not sure what she was suggesting! For some reason she thinks Jim is “un homme formidable”. Maybe she thinks I will miraculously become “une femme formidable". I thought I was already!
It was a long journey to Eysus although we took the autoroute. Nuvi, as usual, made up her mind to send us on a circuitous route off the autoroute before we reached Pau and lengthened our journey considerably by causing us to wind upwards and downwards on corkscrew roads until we reached our destination approaching it from the opposite direction to that advised by our home exchangers. No doubt Nuvi was convinced it was the shortest way!
After a quick trip to the Intermarche in Oloron Sainte Marie we unpacked and settled ourselves on the balcony to enjoy the beautiful sunshine, temperatures of around 26 degrees and views of the village of Eysus within the background of the Pyrenees which were masked in a heat haze.
Today, Sunday, (a much duller day) we intended to go to a “marche ethique” that we had seen advertised. But first we wanted to find the Leclerc supermarket for a few things we had forgotten. Following the instructions left for us didn’t seem to be getting us anywhere so we woke up Nuvi and set her to work. She seemed more interested in circular routes than in the destination so we almost missed the market arriving at 11.40 to find that already the producers were packing up.
Next we went to Pau, found suitable parking, accessed the Tourist Office and got the info on what is to be seen, decided to eat before doing the castle and gardens etc. Just as we were about to start on our walking tour I felt the big drops of rain. Because of the heat we had no coats so we went back to the car for refuge and gave up on Pau which we will save for better weather. It rained off and on so we decided a drive was the best. So, searching for a miracle, we went to Lourdes where it was also raining. Lourdes was packed and very commercialised so we had only a brief look and took a different route home during which we were able to enjoy some love Pyrenean views between the showers.
I am currently trying to get my new dongle to work but, infuriatingly, there is no signal!
Not one photo as yet - Jim would need to become more like the homme formidable that Danielle thinks he is!
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