Packed up and drove to the barrier, the French guy from next
to us was using the service point so he waved us forward to say the barrier had
gone down – then not sure what happened because it started to go back up right
under Flo – not a good sounding crunch!! Luckily it was only the
spare wheel holder that now a BIG dent in it!
Could have been so much worse!
Tried
to find a quick way down to the coast but campers were banned from all the main
routes so instead we just chose to drive north.
We were still avoiding toll roads and it was working well until we got
to cross the river and the the satnav brought us to a ferry crossing!!! Neither of us fancied it and so we drove to
the toll bridge, it only cost 3€!!
We drove to a coastal village about 1 mile
from Calais called Fort Mahon Plage but the aire was really rammed and there
was no shower so we drove on to an aire at Quand-Plage Les Pins where the aire
was much larger and backed onto a pine
forest. Emptied loo and filled water
from service point then Chris and I both showered, we’ve decided to buy a
proper shower tent next time we’re at Decathlon.
Nice neighbours…and English couple whose
mirror had been stolen in a motorway aire yesterday and 2 French couples, one
of whom brought a full bag of sweets over for the kids!!
