It was Jennifer's turn to make the tea this morning and so at 8 am she dutifully departed for the kitchen and then only to hear her say it's wet out here. Oh Hell its very wet. Noel being half asleep wondered what she was on about until she explained that there was water all over the floor of the caravan and the carpets were soaked.
After some investigation it would appear that the water pump had started to leak during the night which is not good. If the leak was coming from a joint it could be fixed but this leak was coming from a sealed casing and was dripping quite badly when the direct hose pipe from the mains tap was connected perhaps the pressure is to much. This should not be the case as the water pipe has a pressure meter governing it to one bar and the pump is geared for two bar so perhaps something is not working to well. However as is very hot now at around 33 degrees centigrade the drying of the carpets did not take to long thank heavans as had we been in Ebreuil it may well have taken months.
This affected our morning quite badly as it meant we need to be near the van just to check that ther were no more leaks after we had re instated the exterior water tank and the pump sucks the water out rather than have it forced in. Hey ho jolly camping!!!
Jennifer then decided to do some washing and Noel read and then together we went for a swim in the lovely site pool. Its big enough to really do a few lengths rather than plod for a few yards which is the case for most site pools. It was so warm today that we agreed to have pate and salad as the heat tends to reduce your food demands.
We toddled of to the bar around 8.30 pm for Noel to send a few emails and update the blog etc and chatted to some of the other guests and then suddenly it was nearly midnight as we discussed everything from Michael Jackson to Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and also the conspiracy theories about the events of 9/11 and World Trade Centre Building 3, The Diana affair and also the killing of JFK. A good evening and now it was getting cooler we headed back to the van.
