Well it isn't raining thank god and the forecaster have got it
seriously wrong again as the sun was shining down quite well as we got up around 7.30 am so as to try and get an early start. There are the usual tasks to attend to before going anywhere. Check all the tyre pressures of the car and caravan and also check the wheel bolts on the caravan with the 'Newton metre'. Turn off the mains water supply and empty the hot water tank, empty the loo and finally turn off the gas.
The very last thing to be turned off is the electric so as the keep the refrigerator running as long as possible on mains power before transferring to battery power.
Breakfast was a quick yogurt and cereal and of course the obligatory cup of tea before heading for a shower etc and then back to finish of everything. The last things is to check the 'nose weight' of the caravan as it's important not to have it too heavy or too light as either way can cause problems if it's not correct. Our plan was to leave about 945 ish but this can and is difficult as many people come up for a chat, so your leaving then?, yes, so which way are going home and where will you spend your night's. This can happen several times and just about everybody on the site waves goodbye and shouts have a good journey etc and it all takes time. Time to settle the bill and the problem of the FairFX Euro Prepaid Master card reared its ugly head again. After the previous event when using this card on site, the last time it was fine but not this time and and so after abandoning it for the second time we had to revert to the our usual Lloyds Bank Credit cards. Wait till I get home I will give these guys a tough time.
So more goodbye's to Stuart and Sheila and chatting about where are you going to stay and which way will you go again we were off ar just after 10.00
We had decided that i it rained we would take the easy route on the motorway but if not we would take country N roads which is what we did and we had a really great journey of about 5 hours before we arrived at the Chateau Ponsouze near Boussac-Bourg at about 4pm. On to the site and a well earned cup of tea and then in the evening we went for dinner in the restaurant as our food stocks have run a little low, well anyway that's what Jennifer said.
It's strange really, we were on exactly the same pitch about a month ago and now it appears to lean heavily to the left and so we had a slight difficulty in getting it right this time and the nose of the tow hook almost in the grass on the floor. It's quite warm tonight and the weather we understand will be good until Wednesday when rain is expected however we have heard that one somewhere before
