France weekend

I got a late pass to go with Steve to join the annual club trip to Caen.  So fri evening to portsmouth and the overnight ferry.  The weather forecast was grim but after a decent sleep on the ferry we parked up at the hotel and got the bikes out. 10 mins after starting the heavens opened and the first hour was pretty grim.  We headed inland direction south west into the wind following a route on the garmin.  We more or less followed it but it was hard to see the screen in the rain. After a short detour we stopped for a coffee and pastry in Bretteville and then headed west in the wind but now it was dry.  Tough riding.  We had a target route but with an option to cut short which we took when we reached the brow of a hill and saw a wall of black heavy brain clouds ahead. So we headed to bayeux and found a cafe in the town centre parked up sat inside and had a beer and lunch while it poured down. 

We made phone contact with the touring party and realised they weren't due for an hour or two but we just sat and chatted while waiting.  The guys turned up enjoyed an omlette and s beer and then we all set off towards arromanches and later back to Ouistreham. The return was a turbo wind assisted blast hitting over 30