Moving on : 7th January 2012

                  

After leaving Brittany, we moved north-east towards Bayeaux, where we were to stay at the Hotel Camponile for a couple of nights.

Enroute, we passed the iconic Mont St Michel.  Dull, drizzly weather made us fear we wouldn't be able to get anything worthwhile.  However, the good Lord took pity on us, and let the sun shine for an hour or so, enabling us to scurry around snapping wildly!  January was clearly a good time to be there as there were hardly any tourists, enabling us to somewhat cheekily park in a nearby restaurant carpark.  A newly constructed barrier, with lovely level platform, and a good view of the mount enabled us to maximise our time there

Across the mudflats, and adjacent to some roadworks!
    

Mud, glorious mud!  Well - I think it looks photogenic!!

 

Moving on once again - a view back towards the mount, across flooded fields.

Next stop - Bayeaux.  Getting dark by now - so nothing for it but to grab the tripods, and head off to do some night photography!  We were rewarded by some lingering Christmas lights - and a floodlit cathedral!

A bit of cheating here!  The lights on the trees were changing rotationally, but with the wonders of Photoshop - a combination of the lights has been achieved here to give an impression of the colourful scene!

The wonderful Cathedral of Bayeaux.  A bit challenging to take, as it meant sticking the tripod in the centre of the road!  However, the traffic lights did give us a bit of a sporting chance!