Normandy Beaches - Easter 2011.

[magwa]

www.maisonlaudiere.com

I cannot recommend this place highly enough
see here for a few independant views as well as mine

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189369

If you want to take a look at the first world war sites ( The somme)
I strongly recommend the 'somme historical centre' Thats Martin and Kate Pegler bed and brekfast B)

see here

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119153

Magwa

[wonkyd]

Thanks for all this guys - it's really helpful.

Think I'll plan to take the tent but there's a couple of formule 1 hotels not to far away just incase it rains (or I become a soft a*se) and I want a warm bed for the night.

Looked at ferries - LD seem ok and run Newhaven Dieppe on a limited service but it's cheap (about £40 return). The other option is to run Portsmout the Caen on the Fastcat going there and then possibly run an overnighter from Cherbourg back to Portsmouth and get a good night's sleep before heading home (about £135)

Should be a good trip and will get some pics etc for a write up if the other lads give the go-ahead to book it all.

If anyone has any more tips etc then please contribute.

Phil

[Strada]

I stayed here with a few mates earlier this year, for riding around all the beaches and memorial sites.







Adress is: La Haute Addeville St Côme du Mont.
and a Gite cost us 50 Euros each for 3 nights including breakfast.
Made space in one of the barns to store the bikes.
Run by and English guy (with French girlfriend) - Contact Dick at [email protected]

More pictures here:


It was a fantstic, thought provoking trip.

[wonkyd]

Cheers Strada

Have sent an email to them.

50 euro's not bad (pretty good actually) for 3 nights.

[Strada]

No problem.
May have worked out at £50 but still cheap and a very nice big Gite.

The place is in an ideal spot but around 3 hours from Calais - nice ride though.

[wonkyd]

It's £83 on the Fastcat Portsmouth - Cherbourg which works out about the same as Dover - Calais and then fuel to the gite so probably easier on the bum to do that and allows us to chill on the ferry and abuse some cage drivers

Whatever we choose to do I'll post up here with a breakdown of costs for people so others know what they are looking at for a similar trip.

[ihategfws]

Hi
i was there last year for the 6th June
i can reccomend camping at Omaha beach (google it under camping at omaha beach )nice clean site with its own access to the beach via a private footpath or i can recomend a good b&b at Long -sur-mer 60 euros per room per night [email protected]
lovely people dont speak a word of English but very kind and they will do anything they can to help
you will have a great time (i did )
i'm going again next year
H

[ihategfws]

sorry i forgot to say
better off getting the ferry portsmouth to caen
straight off the ferry and on to Sword beach
H

[jeffers]

wonkyd

i am running a trip from work, going out sunday 1st may back friday 6th, been lots of times but always something new to see. we're sailing poole to cherbourg this time, what dates you going?

Geoff

[ihategfws]

hi
going 3rd june for 5 days
so many special events on over the weekend (missed a lot last year )