Mont St. Michel

Hello Everyone,

After leaving the D-day beaches we drove to Mont-Saint-Michel. We were lucky that we got there. Our stupid at times GPS wanted to save us some miles and decided to send us down a steep hill with tight especially for a camper switchbacks. We had seconds thoughts about going down but we didn’t really have a choice. We were relieved when dad managed to get us around the first tight turn after two attempts but then we reached the second and things went downhill well thankfully not but almost. The second switchback was tighter and sharper. When dad was stuck halfway round he made us all get out of the camper and we watched as the front wheel spun without any traction. After many attempts dad our amazing driver got us around and onto a wider road. We were all very shaken and thankfully dad didn’t wet himself.



Our first views of Mont-Saint-Michel were stunning despite the grey weather. We found a park where we wouldn’t get stuck and walked out along the causeway to the abbey on the island. It was funny though Thomas got annoyed when a coach drove through a puddle and he got wet. Mont-Saint-Michel is a one thousand year old abbey on a granite island that is surrounded by sinking sand and water during the tides. We walked around the abbeys many shops, paths and the stone walls and buildings. There were many terraced levels all with great views of the surrounding setting. On the walk home we watched as one of the car parks was emptied so the cars weren’t flooded from the rising tide.