Tea time

Today's trip was the shortest but due to a couple a minor technical issues (ie no passenger wing mirror) we had to make a couple of stops to fix. Also the handbrake gater has completely torn and let's in fumes when we stop. Luckily ground control ie mum went to a local Landrover dealership and I believe they are being shipped as we speak to arrive Sunday at Le Coteau fleuri where we will be staying. The owner has kindly agreed to take receipt of a small package t...

Today it rained and it rained and it rained! At one point the clouds were so dark it looked like the last day on earth! Of course it was exciting apart from the French lorry drivers! I don't want to say they're crazy as that adds an element cool, like "you guys are crazy"! No these are stupid morons who doing 55mph get within in ten to fifteen feet of you until they either over take or the road flattens out! So no they are not crazy they are just idiots! apart f...

Having arrived we pitched our tent in the rain in a very expensive but ok campsite. By ok it's got everything but is a bit like butlins with a campsite. Also, they have a strange law here and throughout France that long shorts not allowed in pools a you an wear them all day but speedos fine! Of course I tried to explain no self reaps ing English man would be seen dead in speedos but they didn't understand. Set up camp and made food. Dan found football pitch so v...

Unknown to us until we arrived the campsite has a fantastic fishing lake so after clearing up we went fishing