Wednesday 06/09/23
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| We're camping on an island on the Loire and have this wonderful view of Saumur |
We've been busy since our last post; we finished the house-sit in Les Pilles just as the heatwave broke and drove back to Brittany when the French holidays ended resulting in very busy roads and even busier motorway services.
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| On our trip back, we spent a night near Tours in Hotel Troglododo, where the rooms are built into old caves. We had a magnificent breakfast in this lovely cave. |
We stayed at La Basse Cour (Brittany) for four days, looking after Jasper and Lily while B&T went camping. We also collected our caravan so that we could start kitting it out with the essentials.
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| Toni and Lily dwarfed by the sunflowers at La Basse |
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| Lily looks clapped but so were we - she is a handful to look after! |
After a few hectic days we had the caravan registered and more or less habitable with the idea of picking up items as we see exactly what we need.
We'd driven through the Loire valley on our way back and decided we would book a campsite in Saumur to spend the next three weeks before our winter sit starts. It gives us an opportunity to get used to caravan life, iron out any wrinkles and see how we manage a bit of heat.
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| Set up on our pitch shortly after arriving. Luckily we have now bought chairs so we aren't confined to the ground any more. |
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| The imposing chateau keeps watch over the whole of Saumur. |
The campsite is very popular with tourists with a mix of Brits and Europeans from all over, which is not our usual type of stop but it has a fantastic pool, is walking distance to loads of shops and has a beautiful chateau we want to visit.
The heat, in the mid-30's since we arrived is quite exhausting in the afternoons but it should cool down over the weekend and we are enjoying long morning walks and lots of swimming.
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| Balloons rising with the sun! |
All-in-all we're thrilled with the Duster and the Caravelair's performance so far and are enjoying our settling-in period, in anticipation of more camping next year.
