My Birthday today although it would be impossible to tell. There is not much celebratory paraphernalia around other than some emails and texts, but we have decided to eat out tonight at the Hotel Normandy in Wissant where we used to stay regularly when I was a child.
We stop off at Wimereux on the way north to have a break, and walk down to the beach. A crowd has gathered. A poor sole has reversed his white van with large rib on a trailer into the water off the ramp, and then for some reason, followed the boat onto the beach with the van. The sand was soft and before they could pull it up, the tide came in! So now the boat is back on the ramp and the floating van is moored up floating 50 yards out!!
There is an Aire in Wissant so we drive there to check it out first. It is more than a mile from the restaurant, so we head into the village and find a car park which we can just about squeeze Wishstream in, and then go down to the beach. It is freezing here, with a sea fog and bitter wind. Walking back past the Hotel, we see there is a space outside the hotel which would take the van. It is pretty clear they don't want motorhomes in the centre of the village but we are not going to leave the van where it is and the Aire is too far. So we move to the spot outside the Hotel.
Actually it is great, as we can see the van from the restaurant and watch Kicker sitting bolt upright in the passenger seat guarding. He stays awake the whole time we are gone, and then climbs into his bed exhausted when we get back. A very good meal although the place is run down decoration wise.
We drive back to the Aire. It is dark, and late and just park up and go to sleep. A mistake. We are parked right by the road and around 5.00am the traffic starts. We have spent nearly 5 months away and this our last night has been the most disturbed!
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Location:Wissant
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