Having decided to spend an extra day then we felt it would be good to do some exploring of this area. Upon leaving the camp site we noticed several signs indicating an event over the weekend which now appears to be a cycle competition with hundreds of riders blocking the streets and also what with road closures for this event and also because of major road works in Boussac our decision to wait until Monday seems like a very good decision indeed.
Although we can stay an extra couple of days we do have to move to another pitch right behind our current location but that we can do tomorrow.
We headed of for a tour of the Creuze region and through lots of very nice country side which is only a little bit hilly and perfect for the the many farmers who were most active reaping their crops of barley etc. We stopped in a small town for a coffee and bought some bits and pieces for lunch and then continued on to Croussac where stopped for lunch.
It was around 2.30 pm as we headed back via Gueret to the site and stopped of in Boussac to by some charcoal and firelighters which are a necessary part of of tomorrow night’s BBQ.
We cheated and went to the restaurant for dinner and again it was good before walking around the site and stopped to talk to a Scottish couple with two kids who we noticed arriving the other day as their two hitch was squeaking like crazy and as I had the same problem when I first got this van I thought I would chat to them about. He did seem to realize what the problem was in that his dealer had not fitted the correct ALKO tow ball and this has now damaged the pads on the hitch which stop the van moving around which he noticed had started to happen. He was pulling his van with a Land Rover Discovery and here was another guy who was fed up to the teeth with his choice as it has to go back regularly to the dealers for some expensive reason or another, hey ho best to buy foreigh.
Another light show with thunder and some rain, but still not much really no doubt it will start to rain heavily tomorrow morning when we start to move the van to its new site 20 yards away.
