We awoke after rain overnight and it was very grey and overcast and Jennifer was disappointed that she could not do the cloths washing.
So we decided to drive along the North side of the Charente River and down through the little villages but photography was out due to to the purr visibility and the cameraman did not want to get to wet.
It was an attractive drive through the grapes destined for the many private and international growers and distributors of Cognac, in fact we had not realised that there were so many producers.
We checked out another couple of caravan sites en route and one was a municipal site ( no twin axles) in Bourg Charente and although a nice quiet site in great location it was not well equipped, The other in a place called Surieul , and the site was looking a bit sad, perhaps it was the weather?
We arrived in Angouleme and then we spotted a really massive LeFarge Cement factory, thought you might find that interesting, which made us miss the exit for the big Auchan Hypermarket and by this time the rain was really coming down like cats and dogs. We had originally prepared a picnic for lunch but gave up on this idea due to the rain and so bought a sandwich in the Hypermarket.
The reain had eased a little after lunch and slowly passed on as we got nearer to Cognac on our way back down the south side of the Charente River until we finally arrived back in town where a load up of diesel was required. Gosh the pumps and payment process was slow and in fact all of the supermarkets seem to be short on check out staff, perhaps cutting costs, as all the shops have multiple lines with many people waiting.
At around 6pm, the sun appeared for a while which allowed us to prepare the van for its travels the next day.
