The last few days have been quite busy really and also with very mixed weather.
On Saturday evening we met with our friends in a very nice restaurant in a hilltop village called St Cirq Lapopie. The food was excellent and also of a reasonable price considering the quality of the meal but it was absolutely necessary to try some wine which we did rather well we think. As we were leaving the restaurant they had closed some roads as there was due to be a firework display which we watched whilst walking back to the car. Unfortunately the authorities decided to switch of the street lights which would have lit our walk back down a small lane with a big drop on the side but somehow we made it. It was a great evening to be amongst good friends.
On Sunday the weather forecast was not great for the next few days and with rain promised and so we took down the awning and then spent the rest of the day relaxing with a swim and reading. Noel is helping new friends from the site Peter and Jane set up a Blogger site so they can keep their family up to date with their three months travel plans and this required several glasses of red wine and a later night than expected.
Monday we did some shopping in Gramat and then took it easy by swimming and reading, yet again, before starting work on sorting out the van for our next few days of travel. This takes always a little quicker each time we do it but it is necessary to make everything safe over bumps etc and travelling at 65 mph. In the evening we moved on to using the Google photo programme Picasa but this time we stayed on diet cokes. Unfortunately neither of slept well and so we were up at 6.30 am for a cup of tea and then moved on to breakfast rather slowly.
On Tuesday morning we left the site at around 0900 and Peter and Jane came to say goodbye as we headed off to the motorway taking us North via Brive and Limoges and in to Poitiers where we turned East to our camp site at Lake St Cyr. www.parcdesaintcyr.com where we arrived in 36 degrees of heat at about 3pm. Gosh its hot here but anyway we did a brief walk around the site and agreed that it is great for families with children but not suitable for us for a long stay unless out of season. The beach of the Lake was crowded with loads of kids who enjoyed very much to scream quite a lot.
At 7.45 pm the thermometer just clicked down to 32 degrees and we sincerely hope it cools down soon or it will be difficult to sleep. The site weather forecast for tomorrow is 17 degrees and rain, let's see what happens in the next few hours.
Tomorrow we drive via Tours to Le Mans and then on to Rouen and finally to Abbeville which is about 70 miles short of Calais which we will go to on Thursday morning.
