Saddle bag temp 18c
Miles travelled since start 1038
Not a good start to the day. A pesky mosquito has got me under my right eye and it is all so swollen, can hardly see out. We have run out of water and last night at supper the lights went out through battery drainage. Jc has pulled a muscle in his neck and his ankle
is very sore still. And the morning continued in that vein. Getting the barrier open to get out of the Aire was an international feat because of inputting codes and instructions in French, and there was no water in the tap.
We travelled off down a brand new road that Jane tomtom had no clue about and passed another new Aire with a number of Motorhomes moored up. Alas no water there. Jane was supposed to take us to the Aire at Balaruc les Bains and after a very circuitous journey dropped us in a car park. JC had a big sense of humour failure at this point. There wasn't even a drop of water left to have a cup of coffee as I had filled up the dog's water bowl with the last of it! I reconfigured Jane and off we went down the road, right at the crossroads, over the roundabout and first left. Phew here it is. And 5 Motorhomes all parked up. A brand new dome sat at the side of the road with taps and electric points and I manoeuvred Wishstreaming into position, and promised to get the coffee going once an ounce of water was poured into her tank. No. It needs a JETON. What the..... Where the.....
We had passed a really nice looking campsite by the water earlier on and plans were changed to go there. About turn and soon we were hopelessly lost. It was midday and I grumpily voiced my thoughts that the office to the site would probably be closed until 2.00 anyway at which point JC looked at me as if the end had come.
We found the site and it was closed for the lunch break until 2.00 and the mobile no shown on the door was for that of the job share lady whose day it wasn't and she was quite cross and told me to wait at the gate.
Jc got his coffee at 1.15 after we had negotiated the barrier, filled up (to the brim), and tried out 3 different pitches to try and get the not so super big sat dome to lock on so I can catch up with eastenders tonight!
It is now 6.30 and all is calm. There are 3 proper French restaurants on the front minutes from here and we are going to spend some Euros in one of them. That is certain.
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Location:Balaruc les Bains
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