A nice sunny day albeit a bit of a chill wind blowing us around the coast as we explore the area around the Cap de la Hague, the north western tip of this peninsula.

We started our day negotiating our way through Cherbourg (not too frightful as it happens) and onto the coast, taking a brief stop off to look at the Plage de Cherbourg, though appreciating the fact that the tide is quite high…

With 2 more quick stop offs at Plage d’Omonville-la-Petite and Port du Rancine ( the smallest harbour in France) and its beach…

At the Cap de la Hague we were able to park up properly and go for an explore – here we have almost turned our back on the English Channel and are catching the full brunt of the Atlantic – home from home really! We wandered along Plage du Cap de la Hague – mostly shingle and tough to walk along taking in Goury Lighthouse standing proud on its rocky outcrop and then strolling around the small village before returning to the van and continuing our journey….

Next stop was to visit the rugged Nez de Jobourg and its hidden beach. Inaccessible, unless you are a serious climber or able to access from the sea – pity really as it all look rather inviting…

Our penultimate stop of the day was this stunning viewpoint of Baie d’Ecalgrain and ahead the Island of Alderney – the beach car park at the bottom of the hill had a couple of recently arrived coaches so we decided to give it a miss…

Our next stop was in a free motorhome Aire in the small village of Siouville-Hague and once settled in we took a short walk down to the seemingly limitless sandy beach for a lovely long walk as far as Anse de Vauville and back before settling down for the night…

Thoughts of the day:

• Technology – Whilst visiting Cap de la Hague today my phone welcomed me to Jersey and assured me that my phone would continue to operate as normal and ever since I updated my Fitbit to the correct time zone it has been speaking to me in French – all way too intelligent!
• These beaches are just massive gently shelving sandy beaches that almost disappear at high tide

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 53
• Miles walked – 5
• Beaches – 8
• Fuel – £60.40 (about £1.50 per litre)