Well nothing really of interest to report for Friday 6th January – we left the previous “camping car parking” place and headed for Lourdes – which was a LONG drive.
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We stopped at a “Camping Car” (I like that’s what the French call a motor home 😊) Accessory place on the way and I used my (rusty) A’Level French to purchase 2 bottles of blue chemical toilet liquid (liquide de toilette chimique bleu 🇫🇷) – are we living the high life or wot ? 😂
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Over the road I spotted a nice Boulanger & we got a couple of filled baguettes & ate them en-route… 😋
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Dave looked tired so I offered to have a go at driving The Van but I just didn’t feel remotely comfortable – even on the empty toll roads – but once we were back on the “public” roads & I being overtaken by juggernauts 🚛 – that was it 😳
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So I ended up reneging after doing about 20km (at 50mph)…
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Dave took over again but didn’t seem best pleased & ended up driving like Stirling Moss, speeding, changing lanes & going up people’s backsides 😳
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We are now BOTH full of cold so the fatigue kicked in again and we stopped for a Power Nap, a cup of tea & a bun 🧁
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Speaking again (!) we began the last leg and as we approached Lourdes, the snow-capped Pyrenees were bathed in late afternoon sun…
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It was 6:30pm and dark when we got to the SECOND campsite in Lourdes (the first one was closed 😐) but it was another auto-thing (like the day before) – you just create an account on a terminal by the barrier, pay with a card & the barrier goes up…
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Dave was totally pooped and went to bed straight after tea but to prepare myself for visiting Lourdes the next day, I re-watched the 1943 classic 🎥 “The Song of Bernadette” 🙏💒…
- Location: 43° 11′ 54.3″ N 0° 0′ 23.81″ E