France holiday Day 12 - Mont St Michel and Bayeux

Alarm for 7am and on the road early to get to Mont St Michel which appeared like a floating castle. As we approached the mount the roads were covered in Tour de France graffiti from the recent race.
The park and ride buses were very cool. As there was no turning area the buses were designed to drive forward and backward so the driver simply swapped ends with the steering wheel, lights and wing mirrors at both ends.
The Mont itself was divided into two distinct areas: the first like a tacky Diagon Alley winding up to the second part: the abbey at the very top. We had an audio tour then reached the top courtyard to the amazing views of the bay which with the tide out looked like it stretched out for miles. Being a Sunday morning the bell was ringing for worship so nipped inside to see the service. Stayed to listen to the slightly rusty organ playing but still quite effective with the huge ceiling echoes. Otherwise the tour was quite ordinary explaining the history rather than the luxury items of the chateaus we'd previously seen.

Bayeux wasn't too far away, about an hour away. A lot less wider than I expected at only 50 cm. The audio guide really helped and although it was from the Norman perspective it did put Harold in a convincingly bad light with Edward actually requesting the crown to William instead.
Another Aires for our last night which had to be paid at the campsite opposite. It was shut when we arrived but sneaked over to take advantage of their facilities. Some weird Belgian old guy scared us a bit either by bumping into the bikes or had tried checking the locks to them.