Nearly there!!

We were woken up early at 6am by forklifts moving around in a unit nearby but Ellie hadn’t felt well most of the night and hadn’t got much sleep atall.
After coffees we decided to leave at 8:30am as we had a long drive of 130 miles. I initially decided to not take the toll roads but the traffic was horrendous and the French just can’t drive at the best of times let alone first thing on a Monday morning and after seeing 2 accidents and numerous close calls we decided to get off of the single lanes and get on the motorway and toll roads.
I had found us a nice aire next to a canal and it took us 3 hours and slightly more mileage if 150 miles to reach Bellicourt.
Our aire is just off of the main road and has space for 4 motorhomes. There is paid services here and it’s €3 for 4 minutes of water.
After a quick lunch, just after 1pm I set off on my bike for what I thought would be a road ride, but within 2 miles of leaving Wanda I was on a grass farm track and it was seriously muddy. I had totally the wrong tyres in the bike and slipped off and ended up laying in the mud. Luckily I wasn’t going any speed and it was so wet and muddy it was a very soft landing. The rest of the ride was pretty much the same terrain with some woods thrown in for good measure. It was like riding on ice the entire time, but because it was so demanding it was actually quite enjoyable.
I got back to Wanda at 2:30pm and Ellie had, had a Power Nap and put the hot water on so after a coffee I had a hot shower and then as the rain started to come down again we put the fire on and took shelter for the rest if the day.Leer más