A few showers but mostly dry with a bit of sunshine here and there for our last full day in France – where has the time gone?
We spent a fair bit of the day getting ourselves sorted for the trip tomorrow – you will not believe how difficult it was to find out where to stick the headlight deflectors onto the van for tomorrow’s early start in the dark – still not sure they are right but we are only 15 minutes from the Ferry Terminal and at half six in the morning hopefully not too much oncoming traffic!
We took a walk out around lunchtime, through Hermanville and its huge church….

Popping in to pay our respects at the British War Cemetery here…

Down to the beach…..

And northwards along the beach to watch the windsurfing at Plage de Colleville-Montgomery for a while…


Before heading back to the van via a last visit to a Boulangerie for a wee while and settling down for an early night.
Thoughts of the day:
- 90 days is really not long enough to explore a place properly – I certainly underestimated the amount of time it would take to cover the West coast and we really haven’t stopped travelling since we’ve been here.
- France is super campervan friendly and is by far the easiest country I have travelled around.
Today’s stats:
- Miles driven – 0
- Miles walked – 5
- Beaches – 2
- Aire – £13.30
Nice to see a windsurfer out there!
90 days is not enough! This year, we got ourselves a French visa, which gives you 6 months in France on top of 90 days in Schengen either side.
If you’re interested, I wrote this post about how we applied: https://worldwidewalkies.blog/2025/06/29/how-to-apply-for-a-long-stay-french-visa-vls-t-a-quick-guide-for-uk-travellers/
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Isn’t France amazing for campervan friendliness, though? Every tiny little hamlet seems to provide a free or low cost aire. Britain could take a few hints – it’s sometimes impossible to visit attractions because you simply can’t park a camper anywhere near!
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