This was the final days riding of the 2023 ‘Tour de France’ and it was going to be the longest route. The 40 mile loop would take us south, down to Caen and back up the river to Ouistreham. One way or another, it was going to get quite hard…
In preparation, we deliberately stopped off in the harbour at the family run stall of local fisher-folk ‘Fanny and Charles’ to breakfast on some fresh oysters 🦪 (huitres) that are famous on the Normandy coast to give us energy for the days ride.
We probably shouldn’t have ordered a kilo each but we got them slipped down, one by one and I have to say, you haven’t tasted oysters like them until you’ve tried Fanny’s…!
Starting to feel a little amorous and bilious at the same same we set off gingerly with bellies full of fresh salty water and slippy molluscs but it wasn’t long before we had to pull over for a strong coffee to settle the stomach.
By the time we had got to Caen I had eaten the same one about 7 times…each time it seemed to taste a bit better…
We stopped off in Caen for a crepe and felt a lot better for it before heading back up the river to complete the circuit.
As we arrived wearily back at Coursuelles-sur-mer there was not much left in the tank…or the pot of ‘Sudocrem’.
Try to keep it all down as you boogie on down to a great ‘Underworld’ track.
Coq
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