Stuff

8th March

Seems we have parked in a building plot as usual, and the builders have arrived early. More rubble! I have seen enough of it to last a lifetime. We are out of Spain today, and hopefully France has given all their rubble to Spain.

Many friends have mentioned the town of St Jean de Luz just over the border in France, so we plan that in and by now are in desperate need of a laundry day and there is a site just outside of the town.

On the way there obviously pass through the border but unlike the other times, there is no mention of it and we only know because the signs are now written in French. ( although i am not pretending we understand what they say.) As we enter the outskirts of the town we see a Carrefour sign. Ahhhh, we have both missed their Terrine de Campayne and just the thought of it for lunch must have made us light headed as we now ignore the turning to the site and motor off in the direction shown by the sign. Through the centre of the town of St Jean de Luz and out into the country. As the miles went by and the distance between us and the camp site increased we looked at each other. ARE WE MAD?? just for a Terrine??! We promised at every corner that if it wasn't around the next one we would go back. Finally after 5 miles off driving off our route we arrived. It was the best Carrefour ever, and I bought loads of goodies for consumption over the next couple of days including Navarin of Lamb ( we never buy it as we can't understand the cuts), and some Gratin of Legumes and Gratin de Pommes de Terre and Chèvre. All delicious.

The site is big, attractive and has a fishing lake within the grounds, so ideal for the pups to race around. A record washing day. All of it and a dog towel wash was completed and dried in the van by the time we left the next day. Wifi was a problem as usual. You have to pay by the hour and so I did. The system doesn't work on IPads though. The nice, very friendly young girl on reception went to find the very busy, grumpy owner who was in the middle of cementing something and wanted to work the iPad with his cementy hands. So, he gave me my money back. And that was that!! Only later, when I pugged in our fab low wattage fire and blew the electrics on our stack which included 2 other families, I thought I would have to go and find him again. Luckily, the young girl had the key and came to sort it out, but we couldn't use the fire again that night.


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