Pontchateau

Saturday 08/06/19

Bokkie has had a confusing day: we pulled into an empty aire around mid-day, thinking we would be all on our own and now we are surrounded by French families, all very exuberant with hordes of kids on bicycles.  It turns out there is a cyclocross event (I didn't know what it was either) in the park behind us and loads of cyclists have arrived in anticipation.  We may stick around to see what happens in the morning.  It's been quite comical to watch the normal motor-homers arrive and look at the packed aire in horror, convinced they have happened upon a gypsy camp by mistake.

Bokkie's kitchen tap has a leak so we popped into an camping accessory shop to try and find a replacement with no success.  Insulation tape and Vaseline is a temporary fix, we'll have to see how long it holds.  Water leaks are always a bad idea in a mobile home so we'll have to keep an eye on it.  

We also found that fuel is very cheap in this area so we quickly filled our tank in case they change their minds.  We even squeezed a shopping trip in, all we wanted was some shampoo and pickled pork tongue (random, I know but we bought some earlier in the week and it was lovely so wanted some more - the tongue, that is).  We found we had inadvertently led Bokkie into a parking area that had a height restriction so we were the only motorhome and had to sneak out the back way again when we were done.

As usual the town has an oversized church but what a handsome one it is.

A gardener with a sense of humour

Lots of storm damage in evidence

We went for another walk this evening and spotted three otters in and alongside the river which was a real highlight.  Unfortunately we only had the phone with us so the photos aren't really good enough to make out any detail. 

River walk, unfortunately you can't make out the otter on the bank

If you use your imagination you can see the head at the front of the wake

A garden shed with attitude?

A very pretty goat rounded off the strangest garden in town.