From the foggy morning at Le Mont St Michel to villages of Ducey & Sourdeval for their market day. Bought baguette, ham, cheeses & gorgeous tomatoes for a picnic lunch then off to Bayeux across the rural landscape on small roads. Bayeux is a delightful town which was not bombed during the D-Day invasion so is still ancient & original in the old centre. Luckily we arrived in time to watch Le Tour enter the Pyrenees & to see Michael Rogers win the s...

La belle France lived up to it's reputation for us with a stay in St Malo & Le Mont St Michel. Had an uneventful ferry trip from Guernsey to St Malo where we stayed Intra Muros - within the walls of the old city. Dined on the regional specialties of gallettes - savoury pancakes one night & seafood on the second. The Cancale oysters were enormous & delicious & took me straight back to my childhood holidays in Harrington - yum! We walked around the ...

Three days in Guernsey with a day trip to Sark was quite a change from Iceland - both are islands but SO different. We spent time walking around the old town centre & through tiny streets, up & down many steps & along the harbour. Guernsey has masses of flowers frothing over hanging baskets & window boxes of almost every building - so pretty. Visited the Guernsey Tapestry which is 10 embroidered panels - one for each century of island history. Thi...

A long day of airports, waiting, worry & finally safe & sound in Guernsey. Left Keflavik airport ok but about 1 hour into the flight Geoff passed out for about 30-40 seconds. I was extremely worried & couldn't feel a pulse & called the cabin crew. He came around with a big cough & was quite ok but feeling pretty unwell. As a result we spent 7 hours in Manchester airport instead of taking the train into town & he was thoroughly checked by t...

Taken by driver to the Blue Lagoon Clinic near the famous hot springs. Walked along a path through moss covered lava rock landscape to the main lagoon & spent the morning in the water with many other people but it never felt crowded. The water is a delightful 37-40 degrees & a beautiful pastel blue, colored by silica. Both painted our faces with the grey mud & waited for a miracle! Unfortunately all it does is cleanse & exfoliate so the freckles &...