It has been a somewhat long drive but the obligatory, end of day glass of the white stuff, has sorted the weariness issue.
Who ever said that the sunshine begins when you are south of The Loire, is telling fibs!!.
It absolutely bucketed down as soon as we emerged from the Tunnel at Calais yesterday and by the time we arrived at Pont de L’Arche in the afternoon, the van had grown fins.
The level of the River Seine was was abnormally high, in fact our riverside walk was under water and ducks were sat on tree branches. The rain finally abated and left us with a dirty grey sky and the prospect of more rain to come.
Came the dawn and the sun shone down to .......MELT THE FROST!!!
Water pipes escaped unscathed so now there was only the gas tank to worry about. One full , one empty and the LPG pump at the garage just kept blowing out the gas as we tried to fill it. They are supposed to be linked. No worries, we can manage with one tank.
During the night, when it’s cold, we have what’s called a Silver Screen,which we put on the outside of the cab windows,to add extra insulation.In a morning,it’s removed and laid on a bench to dry.
As I returned from taking a photo by the river, I saw a council Workman dragging it along in the dirt and gravel to dump it in a litter skip. “Oi”, I shouted in my best French accent, caught his attention and reclaimed our kit with further French mutterings which included windows and camping car.
His response was the Continental shoulder shrug and a snort.
On a further two hundred kilometers ,to the supermarket and our horror story for today.
Sue went to pay and our Travel Money card was refused. Ok so we used a different card and back to the van we shot for further investigation... we have an app that lets us see what’s left on the card.
£21-72p. What??!!! It also showed that the money had disappeared in Brooklyn USA.
Mobile phone and the man at Thompson’s Travel to the rescue..
Incredibly, by the end of the day our tale of woe had been resolved. We,weren’t the fraudsters, they had discovered and the money was back in the account. What a result in such a brief time frame.
Well done TUI!
Finally, we have a first for us. Tonight’s Aire comes with free electricity and a serve yourself baguette machine.
Ps. We are on the D347 at Angliers.
Who ever said that the sunshine begins when you are south of The Loire, is telling fibs!!.
It absolutely bucketed down as soon as we emerged from the Tunnel at Calais yesterday and by the time we arrived at Pont de L’Arche in the afternoon, the van had grown fins.
The level of the River Seine was was abnormally high, in fact our riverside walk was under water and ducks were sat on tree branches. The rain finally abated and left us with a dirty grey sky and the prospect of more rain to come.
Came the dawn and the sun shone down to .......MELT THE FROST!!!
Water pipes escaped unscathed so now there was only the gas tank to worry about. One full , one empty and the LPG pump at the garage just kept blowing out the gas as we tried to fill it. They are supposed to be linked. No worries, we can manage with one tank.
During the night, when it’s cold, we have what’s called a Silver Screen,which we put on the outside of the cab windows,to add extra insulation.In a morning,it’s removed and laid on a bench to dry.
As I returned from taking a photo by the river, I saw a council Workman dragging it along in the dirt and gravel to dump it in a litter skip. “Oi”, I shouted in my best French accent, caught his attention and reclaimed our kit with further French mutterings which included windows and camping car.
His response was the Continental shoulder shrug and a snort.
On a further two hundred kilometers ,to the supermarket and our horror story for today.
Sue went to pay and our Travel Money card was refused. Ok so we used a different card and back to the van we shot for further investigation... we have an app that lets us see what’s left on the card.
£21-72p. What??!!! It also showed that the money had disappeared in Brooklyn USA.
Mobile phone and the man at Thompson’s Travel to the rescue..
Incredibly, by the end of the day our tale of woe had been resolved. We,weren’t the fraudsters, they had discovered and the money was back in the account. What a result in such a brief time frame.
Well done TUI!
Finally, we have a first for us. Tonight’s Aire comes with free electricity and a serve yourself baguette machine.
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