Our first stop was this pretty medieval town. We have left the sunshine well and truly behind in England and the first night we could not do anything as it rained non stopped. We had decided to stay at an Aire so we did not have an electric hook up but this didn’t stop us as we have LPG so I was still able to cook us our first proper meal inside the motorhome. A la carte vegetable pasta.
This would not be a “Colin and Karen” trip without it having its downs as well as ups… The Aire gave us good facilities as long as you had all the right equipment, we soon found out that it seems that in France some of the water taps are bigger than in the UK and we were unable to top up with water. This wasn’t too drastic as we still had 25% of water in the tank. It just meant that we would have to be careful and use the water we had carefully. This is something you just wouldn’t give a 2nd thought about when living in a house but we are learning all the time and adapting. So top of the shopping list was to buy a new connector pronto. Fortunately we have a Eco Camel shower head that uses minimal water so we were still able to have showers and I even managed to wash my hair!
The following day the sun was back out in full force so we cycled into the village to explore. I highly recommend visiting this quaint village. It has so much to offer from a walk on the promenade next to the estuary, a stroll around the town or a meal in one of the many restaurants. The medieval part of the town was delightful full of history and with great views.
We stopped at the boulangerie and grabbed some croissants for breakfast as we wanted to get on the road again to our next stopover Albert in the morning.
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Welcome to the world of Aires! All sorts of different connections for water and electricity. We carry a watering can with some hose pipe fitted to the pouring end so we can always put a few gallons in the tank if our connecting hose refuses to connect. I hope you have a great trip, it’s lovely to read blogs when our van is parked on the drive! Bon route!
Thank you for your message. Yes we are quickly learning. Every time we think we have mastered something another curve ball is thrown. However, its a lot of fun and we are enjoying the experience.
Hi Karen and Colin,
Just started to read your blog. Sounds the ideal situation ie: to “borrow” the motorhome. It just goes to prove that nothing ventured, nothing gained.
We are also advocates of the watering can for topping up the tanks. Wet met a guy down in Portugal a few years ago who said that taking “some connectors” is far better and then produced a box of every conceivable type of the said beast. It must have weighed thirty pounds! Oh plus three of those expandable hoses. Each to their own of course. We take every opportunity to keep the tank at a reasonable level as you never know where/when you could find yourselves away from a tap. A little tip, all cemetaries have taps and as long as you do not abuse it taking a watering can or two will not upset anyone. As for drinking water, cannot last long without a brew of tea, we carry a filter jug.
Will no press on with your blog.
Glenys and fred Chase,
South-west France.
PS: We travel with our two cats who really have settled into the life in a motorhome.
Hi Fred and Glenys. Lovely to hear from you. Yes we are loving motorhome life and our only regret is that we didn’t do it sooner. Never mind, we are enjoying it now ;-). Well we hope you are enjoying the blog. Kind regards Karen and Colin PS thanks for the tips 🙂