Nice report. We did the Normandy beaches back in April. Coming from South Wales, four of us took the ferry from Portsmouth(or was it Plymouth? mmm) to Cherbourg and then Caen/Portsmouth back.
It was a very moving experience. What about the thousands of white crosses at the Omaha memorial? Kids in their teens, what a waste.
I remember well that little cafe by the Pegasus bridge. We spent a pleasant couple of hours there.
You went over the massive looping bridges? Quite scary in the wind innit?. My mate on the FJR1300 had several BT moments hehe! The SV was a bit skittery but for me it just added to the enjoyment. Definitely too windy to slow down though..
We only got rain when we were on the last leg going home, from Severn bridge to Cardiff - hammered down.
Later on, in May/june, three of us toured France and Spain for 10 days(2000 miles). Ripping rain every day except the last - bit of a nightmare at times
) Actually only two of us made it the whole way, one bottled out of going over the Pyrenees in the storm and headed along the autoroute to Biarritz and thence to Santander..
Next year I am voting for a return ferry to Santander. If it's raining in Spain we'll head south to Morocco.