We were glad the rain stayed away overnight and were able to pack up a dry tent and leave Honfleur. We decided to stick with the advice of the random French guy from Bayeux and follow the Seine towards Paris.

Our garmin tried to send us on some crazy routes today. Here is Mike asking for directions.

mike asking for directions

We saw a snake slither across the road but I was a bit late getting my camera out and only caught him as he slid into a hole.

snake crawling into his hole

We followed the thatched cottage route, which involved a lot of steep hills and a lot of thatched houses.

It was a scenic ride. We needed to get to the other side of the Seine for accommodation and Mike wanted to send us over this very steep bridge. I wasn’t so keen, so we decided to cycle further to the ferry crossing.

Steep bridge I didn’t want to cycle over

It was threatening to rain all day so we tried to find a hotel but there was none to be found. Luckily at about 6pm we found a nice campsite on the side of the road and it only cost 9.50 euro to camp.

The town had a little supermarket, so for dinner we had baguette and camembert for starters, steak hache with poivre sauce and rice for main, and chocolat for desert and a bottle of vin rouge. The cost? just 6 euros for the two of us. Not bad for a camp meal 🙂

Our route so far: