In Conclusion
We achieved what we set out to do, that is visit the Dordogne area and travel from the source to the sea, a trip that was inspired by an article in one of the magazines. It surely is a beautiful area of France but in retrospect late July was probably not the best time as, apart from the French holidays, it was really too warm. From 11.00 am it was generally too hot to walk around until early evening and so we spent more time on the road than we would have ideally preferred. However we did enjoy it sufficiently to resolve to come back, probably at a later time of year.
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Friday 2 August 2013
Last day, today we go home. We managed our, not too early start, dispensing with servicing the van, and made our way to the Channel Tunnel, just 15 mins away. Check-in put us on our booked train but after a very thorough Immigration check, we were waved straight through and got on an earlier crossing.
35 mins and we arrived at Folkestone, straight into a thunderstorm, yet it had been beautiful in Calais with not a cloud in sight! Ah well, we're back in the UK. We won't bore you with the tedious journey home, the weather gradually improving as we stopped for lunch at a Little Chef. Arrived home 5.00 pm after having done more miles in one day than we had for the past week!
Last day, today we go home. We managed our, not too early start, dispensing with servicing the van, and made our way to the Channel Tunnel, just 15 mins away. Check-in put us on our booked train but after a very thorough Immigration check, we were waved straight through and got on an earlier crossing.
35 mins and we arrived at Folkestone, straight into a thunderstorm, yet it had been beautiful in Calais with not a cloud in sight! Ah well, we're back in the UK. We won't bore you with the tedious journey home, the weather gradually improving as we stopped for lunch at a Little Chef. Arrived home 5.00 pm after having done more miles in one day than we had for the past week!
Thursday 1 August 2013
We don't have very far to go today so our delayed start due to a group of Belgians messing around on the service point was no problem. Hot and sunny again so our plan is to take an easy run up to Auchan in Calais to refuel and some last minute shopping (i.e. beer!) then claim a spot on the Plage aire.
Noticing that the marina aire still hosted the funfair that was arriving as we left nearly three weeks ago, we were not surprised to find the Plage aire very busy. However, probably due to the afore-mentioned closure, they had opened up the front car-park to motor-homes so we parked up there.
People came and went all afternoon but a couple from Barnoldswick parked next to us and it wasn't long before we were chatting. A pleasant afternoon turned into a lovely evening and it was with some surprise we noticed it was 11.45pm! And we were supposed to be getting up early in the morning! Never mind, it was a nice end to the holiday.
We don't have very far to go today so our delayed start due to a group of Belgians messing around on the service point was no problem. Hot and sunny again so our plan is to take an easy run up to Auchan in Calais to refuel and some last minute shopping (i.e. beer!) then claim a spot on the Plage aire.
Noticing that the marina aire still hosted the funfair that was arriving as we left nearly three weeks ago, we were not surprised to find the Plage aire very busy. However, probably due to the afore-mentioned closure, they had opened up the front car-park to motor-homes so we parked up there.
People came and went all afternoon but a couple from Barnoldswick parked next to us and it wasn't long before we were chatting. A pleasant afternoon turned into a lovely evening and it was with some surprise we noticed it was 11.45pm! And we were supposed to be getting up early in the morning! Never mind, it was a nice end to the holiday.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Fecamp appears to be a nice town, probably worthy of a longer stop. It's also very popular, but the fact it is free might help! But we need to carry on north so with a nice route planned into the netbook we rejoined our old friend the D940.
We have travelled this road before a couple of times so this time we avoided some of the coastal villages. A bit of provisioning and lunch in Carrefour car-park at St Valerie-sur-Somme, we got to thinking about our night stop. Having noticed very many motor-homes on the road, we realised that aires were going to be busy so it would probably be better to stop earlier than usual and a quick calculation showed Le Touquet would be just about right, especially as there are two, one of which is quite big.
And it looked as if we were correct in our assumptions because, although the larger "airport" aire appeared to have some space, the more popular "marina" site was just about full at 3.45pm, with one space left which we snaffled! It's location meant we had a nice grassy area alongside so chairs out again for some more sun - though initially the day was cloudy the forecast good weather had finally overtaken us.
This is our last touring night, tomorrow we intend to be in Calais, so when the flying bugs started to get a bit too much we packed everything away ready for the journey home.
Fecamp appears to be a nice town, probably worthy of a longer stop. It's also very popular, but the fact it is free might help! But we need to carry on north so with a nice route planned into the netbook we rejoined our old friend the D940.
We have travelled this road before a couple of times so this time we avoided some of the coastal villages. A bit of provisioning and lunch in Carrefour car-park at St Valerie-sur-Somme, we got to thinking about our night stop. Having noticed very many motor-homes on the road, we realised that aires were going to be busy so it would probably be better to stop earlier than usual and a quick calculation showed Le Touquet would be just about right, especially as there are two, one of which is quite big.
And it looked as if we were correct in our assumptions because, although the larger "airport" aire appeared to have some space, the more popular "marina" site was just about full at 3.45pm, with one space left which we snaffled! It's location meant we had a nice grassy area alongside so chairs out again for some more sun - though initially the day was cloudy the forecast good weather had finally overtaken us.
This is our last touring night, tomorrow we intend to be in Calais, so when the flying bugs started to get a bit too much we packed everything away ready for the journey home.
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