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26.05.08
Monday. Le Mont St Michel to Pontorson.
The campsite at LMSM is not wonderful the pitches are predictably over camped although the facilities are good and protected by electronic cards, the only place we’ve ever checked in to campsite at the hotel reception. Although the weather for the crossing of the bay was fine a full thunderstorm rained most of the night. This tested our little Laser Competition tents properly for the first time. They were not found wanting although Tim woke with the well known feel of a puddle under the groundsheet, a little water shipped over the edge of the groundsheet due to the presence of all the gear in the tent distorting it, and both rucksacks got wet under the flysheet porches due to ground water these were the fault of the pitch we were on not a tent problem.
We woke early and walked without gear back into LMSM proper and did the standard walk around as Tony had never done this including the cloistered garden high under the spire. This way we avoided the crowds but had a ridiculously priced petit dejeuner. We left the citadel just as the coaches were arriving, having got pilgrim passports stamped in the museum. An hour slowly taking down camp in sunshine allowed them to complete drying and we departed the fleshpots of Le Mont St Michel in good order.
A gentle amble for 4 miles up the River Couesnon stopping for lunch at one of the many well provided picnic spots arriving about 1400 hours (on our rest day) at a very nice 3 star campsite in Pontorson by the name of Camping Haliotsis to be asked if we were pilgrims for Compostella and given free camping when confirming this with our Pilgrim Passports. This site is on the main route south from LMSM so it is expected they would know of the walks but unexpected and very pleasant to be helped.