Houston we have

... yes ... 'a problem'.
It was a fairly noisy night, as you'd expect in a port and staying right next to the railway line but that was OK.

The problem became clear this morning as John noticed the battery power was low, and it only just managed to raise the bed into the roof.
By the time he realised the batteries hadn't been charging, we were in the queue for the ferry so had to rush the decision on whether to delay exit from UK and try to sort it there, or continue with the plan and try to sort it in France. We opted to get on the ferry. Quiet journey, santa was on the boat (spot santa), food was good, and a good price, plus most importantly, it was a calm crossing.
Having discussed our predicament on route, i.e., there wasn't enough power to lower and raise the bed if we stayed on Aires as planned, we opted to find a campsite with electric hook-up. However we couldn't research this till reaching land due to expensive internet charges at sea.
So sat in a lay by at 3.45pm, we struggled to find any campsites open, which all got very worrying as cold and dark set in.
2 + hours drive later, we arrived at this quiet site with electric, a heated pool and friendly staff.
It was all pretty tiring after an early start.
Tomorrow is another day. We'll try and tackle the problem then.Read more