We awoke
expecting rain to greet us when we leave but no there were one or two spots but
nothing much. Jennifer a few months ago had been on a caravan manoeuvring
course and she was now ready to try. So a little nervously she got in the car
and we took the easy way out of the site but we did have to negotiate one tight
turn and then on to the road to go via the local town and then country roads
for about twenty miles to Bernay where we could join the motorway South. As
usual in France in the country there is very little traffic compared to the UK
and so once we got on the motorway it’s a much easier drive except the rain
poured down for a while and after about two and half hours we thought we would
have a technical break and Jennifer was pleased to handover to me. She did
brilliantly and did not make any mistakes at all and so very encouraging for
sharing the driving load in future.
It was
motorway pretty much for 80% of the journey skirting Le Mans where many British
cars were heading for the 24 hour race this weekend, and then when on the other
side of Le Mans, no Brit cars at all. Down past Anger and on to Saumer which we
by-passed and eventually arrived at the site we have never visited before
Camping Le Serpolin in a place called Clery Sur Laone. It is run run by a
British couple who also offer caravan storage and there were about 30 vans
stored there mostly for English caravan owners who did not want to trail there
van back to the UK each time.
Our van on field near Saumur |
Later in
the evening we met the owner Adam who had just flown back from the Uk and it
turned out that he is a serving special fire arms policeman who works ten days
in London out of Hendon Police station and then ten back on his 17 acre site. I
presume this way he can keep his full pension which for the police at the
moment is pretty much one of the best pensions schemes around.
There
are only about 15 sites at this location and spread around the outside of a
field and with only British on site, which is a shame as we like to mix a
little, but anyway we had dinner after sitting outside enjoying a small whisky
and water.