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| Chateaudun to Le Crotoy - 192 miles |
As soon as the sun
touched the van it warmed up very quickly to what promised to be
another scorcher. After breakfast a chat with a Brit couple who came
in last night and turned out to be on their first ever motorhome trip
– we'd had a brief chat last night when they couldn't get their
wifi to work. Eventually got under way about 11.20 after dumping the
toilet and waste water and, as we have now decided to head for home,
joined our familiar route around Chartres, Dreux and Evreux.
Called in at Pont de
l'Arche aire for a lunch stop then on to Rouen and up the motorway to
Abbeville – this section is toll free and the countryside is not
very interesting so we made the most of it. Interestingly, although
it was still bright sunshine, a strong breeze had got up out of the
west which started to cool things down. We had decided to head for Le
Crotoy, a place we've stayed several times with plenty of parking so
should be okay, even late in the afternoon. It is also close to Rue
and the vet we've used a couple of times for Jamie's Pet Passport. A
quick side trip to St Valerie for fuel as we were getting low, then
to Le Crotoy.
All the usual pitches
round the edges were taken but there were only a few vans forming a
new line in the middle so we joined on the end, next to another Brit
couple. Obligatory chat of course; they'd just crossed from UK and
were heading south. The wind was kicking the dust up so quickly
retired inside for welcome refreshment. Our usual late tea before an
hour or so reading, blogging etc.
We've more or less
decided to head home so tomorrow we'll get the Pet Passport sorted
then call Eurotunnel to change our booking. After that we'll see.
Where We
Stayed
Aire de Bassin, Ave.
des Ecluses, Le Crotoy N50º13.094'
E01º37.992'
90+
on unmarked hardstanding. Service point (€2). Shops etc 100m.
Market Friday.
€7
/24hrs pay at machine
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