People ferrying/Houlgate-Dives

[Madhatter]

Hello all

My parents (76 and 80) would like to stay in the little house I bought on the edge of Houlgate town centre (coast, Calvados) on their own from time to time (I can't always be with them) but are reluctant to drive in France. They would need picking up from the ferry terminal at Caen (and taking back) around 3 times a year, plus a trot either to the small supermarket in town or the bigger hypermarket at Dives (2 miles away) pretty much every day while they are there (5 to 10 days at a time). Taxis are a solution but expensive plus there is the language problem. Is anyone living in this area willing to earn a bit of pin money just very occasionally shepherding them around ? - they are a very aimiable pair!  Neighbours have offered for free but they would then feel that they couldn't always rely on them....