A lovely sunny day and great drive through the Auverne and into the Haut Vienne. Leaves are turning and it reminds me of the scenery in the lake district. Gybo sat between us on Kicker's hated newThree Peaks bed and didn't make a sound for the first hour. I then took over driving and she did her usual. The main objective seems to be to get as close to my legs as possible and then fix a stare on my face which she will keep for the duration of the rest of the journey. Not sure what this is supposed to make me do unless she thinks we are going to dump the van, rent a house and get her favourite sofa out of store. I suppose her life has changed a bit from a day of slothing out on the Designers Guild sofa with just one walk a day and the opportunity to bark off any passing pedestrians at HER gate. Now she hardly gets any sleep as the 'creeping' strategy takes up a lot of time and then when we moor up, it is off out for a lovely walk, and then back to a bar for a whine under the table while Jc and I imbibe in the local vin. However today, Jc had an afternoon nap, and finally, she did too.
We chose this camp site for 2 reasons. Firstly the name Le Lac seemed to smack of a Lake quite closeby and secondly because in the 'caravan club' site directory, the listing included lndtte. This means 'washing machine(s) with or without tumble driers, sometimes other equipment available.
So it was a disappointment to find that Le Lac is across the other side of the enormously fast and wide dual carriageway. The 'lndtte' is more irritating. There is a large commercial top loading washing machine sitting on the verandah of the loo block next to a large tumble dryer. I arrive with my weeks washing and flip open the lid to find the bottom almost entirely hidden by leaves. I suppose they have got in there as someone has left the lid open. On enquiring if there is another available, the patron who previously spoke very good English explained that the launderette is closed, but there is one in the village.
It's not easy this camping lark!
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Location:Egreton - le Lac camping
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