Monday 16th January let’s go shopping

When we woke up it was raining and it continued to rain, pretty much, throughout the complete day. We went shopping in Ebreuil but of course on a Monday most shops are closed and the only food shop was the local SPAR which carries a good range but nowhere near as good as big Hypermarket. We looked at some pork chops for the evening and decided they had seen better days and then we decided to cheat and opt for the take-away which was Lasagne.

The only other shop that was open was a very different Local version of a Bricomarche. This shops sells everything from shoes to Plasma TV and from a garden tractor to a rain hat. It’s a fascinating place to tour and anyway we needed a small battery for the I-Pod player remote which had decided to stop working.

We did consider putting up the awning but in the poring rain it did not seem like a good thing to do.

The camp site now has a wireless Internet connection which will make it much easier for updating the Blog and reading emails. In the past we have needed to visit Vichy, which is a lovely city, but it does take about 30 minutes to get there and so this development is really good.

The river which is about 20 feet from our caravan is much higher than we have seen in the past and it is not possible to see the river boulders which during our last visit were quite visible.

We have pretty much got ourselves organised and so after the Lasagne and salad with a small glass or two of Bordeaux Superior we watched ‘The Last Samurai’ with Tom Cruise. YES, we have a LCD TV with us which has a DVD player and so when it does rain we can watch a film.

Let’s hope the weather starts improving tomorrow, Wednesday is forecast to be sunny and 23 degrees.