Unintentional stay here. On route from one camp site in Normandy to another campsite in another part of Normandy the petrol tank began to run low. Drove past a couple of closed petrol stations then a closed supermarket. No worries. On to Deauville. Bound to be a petrol station there . It's a major town after all. Well there was a petrol station and it was closed. What was going on? Why would all the petrol stations, along with everything else be closed on the 15th August. Because its the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary thats why! Of course France is a secular republic. You know! Secular in the way that all the shops close on religious holidays along with all the factories and offices and airports and petrol stations.
The only thing we could do was to limp in to Caen, put up in the Ibis and wait for the morning. Unexpected pleasures though are often the best. This is a nice little town which we wouldn't even have driven through. As it was we had a nice walk around the medieval castle followed by a lovely meal outside in the medieval square in the shadow of the castle.
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