I See Some Ships!

We were in luck, the sun continued to shine into the afternoon. And so, after a trip to Majestic's Wine World, to pick up more than a few bottles of 'Domaine de Richard', our favourite quaffing wine, I took the guys over to the 2 Caps area of the Opal coast. The Caps Blanc Nez and Gris Nez are some of my favourite local beauty spots and I was eager to show them to my new English friends.


We went first to the Cap Blanc Nez and here, when we looked over the cliff edge, we got to see all those ferries that we didn't see when we were on the beach at Calais. There are some very tall chalk cliffs at the Cap Blanc Nez and we set out to explore them on foot. As we walked down from the tallest point towards a huge expanse of sandy beach, we got into a good natured argument about whether French beaches, such as this one, were superior to Norfolk beaches. I was arguing in favour of French beaches, while George & Yorkie were trying to convince me that Holkham Beach, in Norfolk, would always win hands down.


Our argument got so heated that we ended up failing to concentrate on our balance and fell off our viewpoint from which we were taking in the vista. Chelmer managed to capture the moment of our topple rather well.

Perhaps we should leave it to you our readers to settle the argument. As sandy beaches are common to both locations, it probably boils down to whether sand dunes and pine woods win over chalky cliffs. Anyone care to cast a vote?

Lots of love, Gilbert & the French travellers xxx