France Tour. September 2016. Final Part

September 12th.

Very hot, packed up and left Condette 1000hrs. Easy drive, arrived "Camping St Louis", Autingues. Only 45 minutes from Calais so ideal for our last stop. We'd been before, it's run by 2 lovely young girls, and is spotlessly clean and tidy.

After setting up we just relaxed for the afternoon. Although there is a nice bar and cafe on site, it's seasonal, sadly for us its last day was Saturday.

 Didn't matter to much as we always have our own supply. After our showers we sat outside all evening, then in to bed.

September 13th.

Woke quite early, it was already hot. After breakfast we cycled into Ardres, about 2 mile away. Had a look round and bought some food for our evening meal. Then back to Eevie, decided we would do our laundry, so we wouldn't have to do it when we got home. We did it all, and hung it out to dry.

It was so hot, it was all dry in a couple of hours. I got chatting to a chap called Ray, we soon put the world to rights. We invited them to come for drinks in the evening. After a shower I cooked on the portable hob.

While downing some Pelforth Brune.

 Then Ray and his wife Alison arrived, and we spent a pleasant evening, chatting, drinking and eating nibbles. It made a nice finale to our trip.

September 14th.

Up and away, left site 1015hrs. Cite Europe for some bits, and lunch. Then the 1420hrs P&O ferry to Dover. Arrived storage 1530hrs and unloaded, home 1615hrs. It had been a nice trip.

France Tour. September 2015. Final Part.

September 20th.

Awoke to a gloriously sunny day, breakfast and then off to the Brocante at 0900hrs. We were amazed, never seen such a big one, every road in the centre closed and full of stalls and people.

We very soon spotted a little dolls house, working lights and animation, like a large musical box.

After a bit of haggling we got it for a good price, perfect for Hazels little business Teeny Weeny World. So good in fact it was sold within a week after getting home. At this point we decided to take it back to Eevie. Collected a wheeled trolley and then back to the fray.

We wandered all over and not sure even now if we covered it all.

Hazel found a lovely Olive wood bowl.

Which we use for fruit at home, cost us the princely sum of 6 euros. We were still in the fray at lunchtime so adjourned to a cafe for food and a drink. We ate inside and watched their food stall outside.

They were working flat out, and I the kitchen was struggling to keep up the supply of frites. When we'd finished we went back into the fray.

 After about another hour we'd had enough and went back to Eevie for a rest. It had been a long (5 hours) day for a boot fair, but productive. A quiet evening and early night.

September 21st.

A dull but dry morning. We hit the road 0900hrs on the last leg to Calais. Heavy traffic for the first part, until we were well clear of Paris. Then pleasant and quiet. Decided to head for "Camping St Louis" near Ardres, about 14 miles from Calais. A nice site run by 2 young girls, a mix of touring and static but very friendly. Arrived at 1400hrs. Sadly the site was closing for the winter the following week and the bar and food were already closed. Never mind we just chilled out, played crib bit of tv and generally relaxed.

September 22nd.

A day of going nowhere today, sorting things out, tidying up etc. Ferry and home tomorrow. The weather was a mix of heavy showers and warm sunshine. I decided to make use of the rain and give Eevie a rinse.

Didn't take long to sort everything and the rest of the day was spent loafing.

September 23rd.

Left site 1030hrs. Into Cite Europe for our last bits then caught the 1325hrs P&O to Dover. Arrived back at storage 1520hrs. It had been a good trip, weather could have been better but all in all not too bad.

 This is a rough outline of the route we took.