Day 8: 21/06/17 Fecamp to Ouistreham (AKA Flygate!)

We were all shattered, needed a rest but wanted to get to Ouistreham. After a lovely chat with a British Unschooling family I backed us out of our berth and AJ took us out of Fecamp. It was to be a long trip. There was a horrible rolling swell and not enough wind to sail.... again!

In addition this various flies decided to hitch a ride as well as the odd butterfly. Esme was terrified. Thank goodness we were miles away from anywhere and anyone otherwise I'm sure we would have been reported to the French equivalent of Social Services.  We thought we had a breakthrough when she resurfaced on deck declaring that she now liked flies....only to be again deafened by the screams as one landed next to her.




Going past Le Havre was pretty busy, although most boats were thankfully at anchor. I felt particularly exhausted and even down below was hotter than usual when I tried to get some sleep on passage.  Thank goodness for the ebay 12V fans I bought off ebay.








Anyhow eventually we were approaching Ouistreham and Sword beach. We've been reading stories about D-Day for ages and we sat on deck trying to imagine how the Allied soldiers felt during the same approach. There's was much rougher, in the dark, and with a much less certain ending. All we had to endure was waiting for the lock, although watching the ferry practice using its lifeboats was a welcome distraction.

Now tied up in Ouistreham where we will stay for a few days.