It was still raining a little bit when we left and the camp site is now really empty, good time to come here.
We had originally planned to go cross country to our next destination but due to the rain we felt if would be safer to take the Motorways which we did for most of the journey but noticed on the the Motorway going North there were horrendous queues of cars and trucks etc, not sure what caused it but glad we were going South.
The rain had stopped and we were about 35 miles away from Cognac and left the motorway one stop early and then got diverted all over the place due to some road works somewhere but on a brighter note we found a nice place for Lunch of smoked salmon and hard boiled eggs on a baguette and washed down with a 2007 Bordeaux water.
We finally arrived in Cognac and we had to go around the town to get to the site and when turning a very sharp corner with bad cambers the very rear of the van touched the floor but we only lost a plastic moulding which we can replace when we get home.
We arrived at the camp site and there was a big sign saying NO Twin Axle Caravans and that is what we have, damn. This wasn’t mentioned in any of the site books and so we had to consider our next move carefully. Whilst waiting for the site office to open we would have to wait about ninety minutes and so we walked around the site to see just in case there might be some other twin axles there but no. Back to the car park and we noticed that the reception was open and so we popped in and explained our predicament, we had mentioned by email four days ago about our large van but not that it was twin axle, and she said should not let us in but as the site was quiet and if we parked behind the large wash block where we could not bee seen from the road she would allow us to stay the three nights requested, thank god as to move on would have been annoying.
We set up and then drove in to Cognac to get the lie of the land and were glad we had not walked as it was very hot indeed and we were further from the main town than we imagined. We parked in the main square and headed to the first bar we could find and ordered in our best French, une panache and une bier ci vous plait, the waiter said in his best English is that a large or small beer sir, damn these people,
When driving round town the one way system is a complete nightmare and at one point it seemed we came to a crossroads where you could turn left or right or go straight ahead or even go back to where you started from, The Brits have a lot learn from here.
Finally back to the site for a night of blogging and emails as we need to check our next camp site is not restricting caravans of our size.
There is free Wifi here courtesy of the local town as this site is a municipal (Local Government) site and well organised it is as well, except it was not working when we arrived.
