29 August - Le Mont St Michel, France

Woke up this morning to rain, not what we hoped for. While we had breakfast I downloaded a weather program for this part of the world and found that the rain was due to clear by noon. Our plan for today was to drive 100km or so to Mont St Michel.
Mont St Michel is a rocky tidal island on the coast of Normandy. It's use goes back many centuries, and in the 11th century an abbey was built right on the top of the island.

 The island is located in an estuary which experiences 12m tides, and so there are times when it is possible to walk to the island, but at other times it is totally surrounded by water. These days there is a cause way built some meters above the water level. A free shuttle bus transports the visitors from a car park a couple of km inland, across the causeway and right to the entrance to Mont St Michell.

Once you enter the island there is a steep and narrow cobbled street which leads visitors all the way to the abbey to the top. Quite a steep climb but well worth it. Mont St Michell has always been close to the top of my bucket list of places to visit and getting here was actually fantastic. 

By the time we arrived it was still cloudy but no sign of rain and at the end we had a terrific day.

All that remained was the 100k drive back to Bayeux and looking for somewhere to eat.