Gosh it was cold last night and it went down to 4 degrees centigrade and so at 07.45 Noel out of bed and put the heating on for a while so at just after 08.00 it was warm enough to get up and make some tea.
The sun was pouring down and with wall to wall blue sky and we headed of first to the 2nd World War Military graves at St Desir where we not only found the UK graves and it also included Belgium and Canadian troops but just across the road was the graves for the German Soldiers who also died during the invasion but were also buried by the British alongside burying their own chaps.
All the graves were nicely kept and the War Graves Commission based in Maidenhead seem to do a great job in keeping these sites looking clean and tidy along with help from the French local community workers.We left there and headed of to Liseaux to find the Basilica of Sainte Therese and this is an incredible building or two which was started in 1929 and finally finished around July 1954 and no doubt delayed due to some fighting going on earlier in the century.
Its a huge place and the surrounds are also very large and its very impressive for a lady of simple birth, actually a well off family who helped to locals over many years and so she became a Saint.
After touring this Basilica for about ninety minutes we walked down town and had a coffee and then continued until we found a nice little restaurant which was very busy with the locals and we had a very nice salad lunch and it was very filling indeed and then back to car for some last minute shopping in the Supermarket and fill up the car with fuel for our longish drive tomorrow.
It took us about two hours to get the awning down and generally pack the car and caravan for our move and then Noel finished the last bit of Caravan cleaning, the bit he could not reach as the awning was in the way.
Whilst settling the bill Noel met with Ingrid who not only owns this place but is also the chef in Chateau and when chatting with her she mentioned that she likes to keep this place quiet by not allowing teenagers to stay. She says they are noisy with drink, we don’t have a disco and we won’t, and so there is nothing for them to do but annoy other guests and so we do not allow them to stay and if they arrive without a booking, we send them away she says. A very nice lady she was, and she confirmed that most of the people who stay on this site are those who have been visiting for many years. We shall be back that is for sure.
