After the most extraordinary British spring that I can remember – lots of sun, little rain but quite cool easterly winds – we are once again running away to La Belle France.
We are starting this trip very differently for us, though. Having returned last year on Le Shuttle (The Channel Tunnel), this time we have decided to go over on it as well as return on it. The downside, if it is a downside, is that you can’t relax over a plateful of food on the train. We are also going over a week earlier than has been our norm, largely to avoid Satan’s Little Disciples in any of July and still get six weeks in.
I booked a relatively early Monday morning crossing at 07:45. So, we have to check in at least by 06:45. Travelling down on the same morning, would mean leaving home at 03:00. Sod that! We are too old and too wise; too many things could go wrong. A sleepless half night and then driving through part of France. I think not. So, we booked in to a Caravan Club site with special “ferry pitches” 15 minutes away from the tunnel and travelled down today, Sunday, the day before our train.
We left home just after midday and got to our campsite at about 15:00. The journey was straightforward. It’s a very well organized campsite. An envelope with your registration is left in a cabinet. The envelope contains the gate code for access and instructions on how best to get to both the tunnel and the ferry port. “Ignore your satnav”; frequently good advice.
There’s a handy-dandy pub a couple of hundred yards away in the village of Densole. We had thought it would be fun to eat in the pub but sadly the kitchen is closed after 15:00 on Sundays. So, we’ve brought a picnic for our evening meal. That didn’t stop us enjoying a couple of drinks in the Black Horse pub after we arrived, though. And very convivial it was, too.
Oh, Frodo has a shiny new dashcam. This was occasioned by a clash of wing mirrors during our return trip in the UK from Bempton Cliffs. [Don’t ask.] Finding a dashcam that fits in between his windscreen and overnight windscreen blinds was a bit of a challenge but it’s in. Rather like insurance, here’s hoping that we don’t need it.
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