Cherbourg

We awoke to a wet and miserable morning so we decided to drive across and then up the eastern side of the Cherbourg peninsular. First Utah beach for a paddle and then stopped briefly in St Mere Eglise, the first town to be liberated in 1944. Noted that it has a very convenient MH aire right by the famous church (remember the parachute in 'The Longest Day') about 1 hour south of Cherbourg. We had our last 'moules and frites' and a glass of Muscadet in the old town square before boarding the Cap Finistere for a smooth overnight crossing to Portsmouth, arriving at 7-45am.