Normandy, France - Hiking around Cap de la Hague

Loved the narrative and the photos! I've always wanted to live in France, so your report was especially interesting.

I have a question: close to the end of your narrative, just after the description of arriving at Biville, and between a photo (I believe of you) and of Waffle (?) reading a map, there's a photo of what appears to be a narrow gauge rail track going down a hill directly into the sea. What is the track for? Is it left from WWII, perhaps providing track for some kind of vehicle to be launched into the sea?

I loved seeing the old, quaint buildings in the photos titled "And finally back to civilization."

Thanks for sharing your photos and excursions through the Normandy area. I really enjoyed it.


Have you ever hiked in the Provence area?   I'm reading, for the umpteenth time, Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence", so your narrative was very timely to once again remind me of how different, and relaxing (after becoming used to the different pace),  it must be to live in the Provencal area.

I have always thought France was well set up for bike touring, and have learned much about the country from following touring journals.I am glad to hear the sights,coasts,mountains,villages,local farms, etc. can be experienced from hiking trails, as well.I like your strategy of "hiking across countries".It seems perfectly suited for Europe, and it is always motivational to have such goals.

Now you've done it! I'll be daydreaming about biking and/or hiking in the Loire Valley and won't get anything done today! For me that would be the event of a lifetime.

I hope you're planning to see Chenonceau and Villandry? These are two of my favorite castles - I've never visited France in person, but am still in love with the country, and especailly the magnificant castles with their formal gardens.

Please be sure to let us know when you visit the Loire Valley - I'll be anxiously awaiting another photo tour.

And thanks so much for the links of your other travels. I did start wandering though them yesterday, but decided that, like good chocolate, great photos are to be savored and enjoyed in leisurely fashion. And I will definitely be back to your site.