France 2015 - Day 3 - Bayeux Tapestry Museum and Bayeux

The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

Battle of Hastings (photo from WWW)

Arrow in the Eye , the death of King Harold (photo from WWW)

You aren't allow to photograph the tapestry but you can google some images of it by clicking here .

After Jo finished here and I'd finished at the Battle of Normandy Museum we met up at the Bayeux Cathedral.

Bayeux Cathedral is a Norman-Romanesque cathedral, located in the town of Bayeux. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux. It was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry and is a national monument of France.

Bayeux Cathedral from the rear. Much of the front of it was destroyed in WW2 and you can clearly see the new stone where they rebuilt it on the front.



In this photo you can see the darker , newer stone used in the rebuild.



Round the back



This memorial was on the wall near the Cathedral.



This little creak was on the back of the houses on the main street.



Street Scenes in Bayeux. It was early (11am)so there wasn't a lot happening.

I first thought this was the town hall, but I think it's actually a hotel.

Some dodgy Tourist taking photos.

And that was Normandy. We jumped in the car and headed for The Somme.

On the way we went across this very impressive bridge.

And due to a misunderstanding with the Toll gates on the motorway,  drove past these large augers twice.