Camping Le Grand Sologne

Kids are really in the swing of sleeping in Flo now, Evan and Morgan wake at about 8:30 and stay in their beds 'til 9 most mornings!! Amazing considering we’re all sleeping in such a small space!  After the wet and cold days in the Auvergne we have decided that unfortunately Flo is not really big enough for us all anymore; we’ll definitely get a motorhome when we get back.  We’ve told this to the kids and got mixed responses: Evan said “ok, when? What type?, how big? Where will I sleep?”; Seren got sad and was nearly crying because of how much she’ll miss Flo, she loves Flo, she doesn’t want a new motorhome etc.; and Morgan just says “Yey!!” So funny to see their different personalities reflected here!

Drove north again and took toll road for 1 ½ hours to a village called Nouan-Le-Fuzelier.  As we were driving we went through a village called Salbris which appeared to have a nice aire on the river – check this out for future years.  As we came off the toll road the Gendarmerie were waiting to pull us over…great!!!  Asked Chris for his licence and Flo’s registration docs which we gave him, he walked over to his mate and around Flo a couple of times to make us feel worried and then gave them back saying they were fine!! Phew!!!  Don’t know if I can take much more excitement!!!

The campsite we chose was called Le Grand Sologne and was 3*s with good reviews on ukcampsite.co.uk  Very friendly owners gave us a nice pitch (no.134) that was just set back from the huge lake on the site.  It’s a classic French campsite; huge, partly wooded with some sunny spots.  Our pitch was half shaded.  It was great for the kids who had loads of space to play football and cricket etc. without bothering anyone.  I bought a jeton for the machine a laver and put a wash on whilst we walked into the village.  There is a huge grand park in the centre of the village with roman statues, a bandstand; and a train station.  We stepped inside the village church which was very pretty as they all are and the shop was closed(!); on the way back Chris’ flipflops gave him a massive blister – the saga continues!!

Hung all the washing out and made us look like a Chinese laundry!! A British couple are fishing in the lake and have caught a massive fish.  The reception lets you reserve bread for the morning so I've requested 2 grand pain and also got wifi.  Lots of Dutch couples arrived in the evening who were obviously stopping off on their way south, Chris enjoyed watching people struggle to set up!!