04/05/18 Cabourg, Normandy
We arrived at Dives Sur Mer Aire de Camping around lunchtime after spending about half an hour trying to find it given they had shut the road leading to it (at least the road google maps was trying to take us down!). It was chocca around the perimeter, leaving only spaces in a strip in the middle of the aire. Being British, of course, we parked our van as far away as we could from the only other camper using the middle strip, only for them to move alongside us within about 5 minutes…..is this the way to do things we thought?….it seemed strange behaviour, but sure enough as the next van pulled in, it too parked right next to that one.. We had ran out of water, so decided to pay the €5 Charge to top-up and empty our waste water which of course meant moving the van, so we did our business only to find the guy that followed us had moved into where we parked….rather than re-park at the opposite end, we parked as close to him as we could without being unneighbourly. This isn’t a moan, just an observation about how different cultures behave. We are new to it all, so I’m sure we will being doing the same before long.
We headed off on foot to check out Cabourg beachfront. After about 10 minutes walk, we reached the only bridge over the estuary which was closed. so we got back in the van and decided we would drive along the waterfront to see if it was worth staying for. We pulled up not far past the Casino, only to find that no dogs were allowed on the beach itself, so saw this as a sign that Cabourg wasn’t for us and headed to our next stop.
