Parked up in the vineyard of Bernard Fleuriet in Manitou Ratel 5 km from Sancerre, having just sampled some of his wines. Last night Jc announced we were eating out and treated us ( well the whole trip is a treat really) to a proper French meal in a smart restaurant. The dogs came too and lay beside our table in this formal place with people looking at us rather oddly. However the food was delicious and the house wine, a Sauvignon Menetou Salon was too so we decided to sniff out the grower. And here we are. Being a member of 'France Passion' these growers allow you to moor up on their land for free provided you are totally self sufficient. Jc threw most of his tastings away out but I didn't so very relaxed now. We also bought some Sancerre Rouge!
Otherwise a mixed day with the patron of the camp site going berserk at Jc about emptying the loo in the wrong place. Apparently there is a booth in the gents for this but as I did the rece and don't use the gents i didn't see it, so we decided to use one of the normal loos. A shame as we had 2 blissful days there.
Sitting in the van après midi today, we heard a noise which seemed to be coming closer. It was hundreds of geese flying in a t - shape as if giving an aerial display. Quite amazing. Saw a second smaller group later on. I thought to myself that my Dad would have known where they were going. Presumably we are on a migration route,
Our first night au natural. No mains power, no loos! Hope the gas lasts out.
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Location:Manitou Ratel
Everywhere is twitchy about loos going in the right place! There always is one but where?
ReplyDeleteReading all this is nostalgia time for us. Been there made the mistakes camped on garage forecourts & survived-but what fun.Keep up the good works. Love Lyn