Honfleur by Renault Clio

Hopes that injectors may be replaced earlier than estimated, by the nice man from Uship were quietly laid to rest. Friday arrived and no mechanics appeared despite the crossed fingered smiling, nice lady on reception. Her face showed no signs of the "Piss off, we told you Monday didn't we?" attitude that you sometimes detect in such situations.

So it was to ADA car hire and hire a Clio, then beg your mates to let you stay in their hard won accommodation, following the usual internet battle for it in Honfleur. They couldn't turn us away, or at least couldn't think of a way, and off we went to Honfleur just up the road and a few kerbs. Weird this driving on the right or is it left?

A very nice place which should be on everyone's weekend away list. Pretty harbour, lots of cafe's and shops, really quaint buildings, they looked like they had been built by artists for artists. Tall and thin, just like me!

Really nice to meet up with good, wife fearing, mates,

and their wives.

Honfleur was a wine beer and food fest, very relaxing and a good preview for our eventual arrival. If you look closely at the first photo you spot a Southerly 115 up against the harbour wall so couldn't resist a visit as we staggered back to the thin accommodation.

 Would you believe it? When I said 'Hi I've got one of these' to the owner, he immediately said ah yes having Injector problems in Fecamp I believe? Well I suppose he could have said, ah yes  you're the twat that keeps bashing his head on everything! 

Apparently he had run in to fellow North France cruisers Mike and Ann Marie on Fleur and Dave and Gill on Morning Mist. No secrets allowed here.

Had a lovely visit to a butterfly farm thingy, what do you call a butterfly-erie?

Some pretty specimens

Then a rarer, refined and ornate specimen hiding in the leaves!

Some fine dining was had at Les Fontaines restaurant where Carl and I discovered Marmite Normandy! No not what you might think, no sign of Marmite but a lovely fish stew. Food was really nice.

Well it was all over too quickly and before we knew it we were all up and packing away the empty bottles for quiet disposal and then readying for our journeys home.

Managed to get the Clio back to Fecamp with no real damage, even the lady at the hire shop seemed surprised. 

The good news was Uship came good and within an hour of our return, Brice, the very nice man from Uship, was onboard installing new injectors. After bleeding the engine, the bleeding engine started and purred like a pussy cat. 

Very pleased with the service and I shall be voting Uship at the next election.

Next stop Hermione does Honfleur.