Boring, boring, boring! Raining again. You can see the puddles for yourselves. Last night's site will be lovely when it's finished, but there is a lot of development going on.
We managed to take a few detours this morning, even with the help of Snoopy (the satnav) but in doing so came across a Carrefour supermarket, so stopped there to catch our breath and do a bit of shopping. Unfortunately the petrol station was out of diesel. Snoopy's “quickest route” was proving to be very cross country and some road number signs didn't tally with the atlas and satnav. So I put in a polite request (need I say more?) to head for a major road, which sped things up a bit.
It's been a long drive today (ca 210 miles), which we have agreed was too far. But we are now pitched (if that's the right word to use for a motorcaravan) at a site in Brantome – www.camping-dordogne.net and plan to stay for a few days.
In the car we usually have “emergency rations” ie a small bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk aka CDM, which is unlikely to be available if the event of a real emergency. At first we thought it wise not to put chocolate in the glove compartment during a summer holiday, then decided it might be a lucky charm to tempt the sun. It's not working! There have been some brief dry interludes today, albeit murky, but guess what …... it's raining again now (21:20).
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