West coast France, Dordogne and back
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Finally got to bed about 0030 and finished our wine and beer supplies with GB neighbours who are on FB not mhf.
They have just retired and purchased near to Limoges.
Got up and we left the idyllic site near to Ile madame and replenished beer but not wine as heading to a vineyard for probable...
Left relatively early from st Martin de re but dumped water, toilet and then spent the princely sum of 2 euros to not fully fill up at the slowest water dispenser in France.
A 7 point turn was required to exit our parking bay and the Niessman opposite was not that much concerned (I think)
As we...
The skies were still a grey but high cloud as we left at Martin this morning.
A couple of big girls blouses set off in jumpers knowing it would warm up but still preferred to carry them all day.
I did a run for some sub standard croissants first thing at the crack of dawn or just after 0900 in...
Much better weather today saw us leave on our ebikes and used the extensive cycleway round the island ....... With grannies granddad's kids mass groups giggly girl groups. I don't wear a helmet usually but there was good reason to wear one today. There would be slow moving groups of 10 and being...
Woke up with every intention of heading to Vannes area.
It was on the moister side of damp though.
But we set off with Vannes in the sat nav, and as happens quite frequently with us we decided to drive til the weather got better.
We passed Nantes
We thought that might be Noimoutier but it wasn't...
Woke up to clear blue skies which was a bit of a shocker considering the forecast.
Checked this map out at the free aire at pont Augan and now giving consideration to cycling back up to Dinan on the canal from pontivy so Hennebont was our destination.
The path was flat with 7 or 8 ecluses...
Woke up in our ideal no facility free aire 300 yards from the beach and all but us and one other left early.
We didn't get up early. Tired from 36 hours and 4 hours kip on top of the travelling.
It was grey and dull but dry with hints of clear skies for the afternoon so we cycled 7kms to Guidel...
Got down to Newhaven plenty of time for the 2300 ferry.
Dumped van in the queue and walked to KFC and returned with bucket.
As we finished our meal they called us through at 2030.
Sat in queue and obligatory chat with other motorhomer allowed me to trial our £5 mobile phone endoscope from Temu...
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