Woodland Adventure...

     

We set off from home on our way to the Woodland camp, with the car packed with rucksacks, sleeping bags, water bottles and lots of other paraphernalia.  After driving down a long, pot holey track we eventually pulled the car off onto the grass at the side of the track, gathered some essentials and descended down into woodland.

France 2010 - The End

We woke on our final morning to the sound of the seagulls and the bells of the church next door.  We went down to breakfast but it was the most disappointing of all.  We had a cup of weak coffee which had been stood around and a stale croissant with a carton of jam to spread inside.  After breakfast we paid and set off for the ‘Chunnel’.  We drove all the way on the motorway passing through fields upon fields.  We arrived and parked up outside the terminal and popped inside for a comfort break, as we thought we had plenty of time but instead when we looked up at the screens our train was boarding.  We jumped back into the car and sped off to customs.  When the officer asked where we had been I replied “France”.  At that point he thought I was being funny so I had to explain that we had been travelling all over France and it would take me too long to list all the places we had visited. He laughed and let us continue.. 

Journey back on the train was uneventful which was good and then we found ourselves back on the UK motorways having to battle the lorries and other mad driving.  Why can’t our roads be like the French.

This brought our 2010 holiday to France to a close.

THE END

France 2010 - Le Treport

We headed onward towards our final French destination of Le Tréport.  We found the Hotel Calais quite easily right in the town centre next door to the Church.  It was very colourful and looked as if it was in the process of being renovated by the new Eastern European owners.  We were shown to our room which was very nice and just as colourful on the inside.  Not knowing what to expect, we headed out into the town to investigate.

France 2010 - Le Mans and Rouen

We decided against having breakfast at the hotel so set off early and headed towards some ancient stones we had located in the map but when we arrived at the location discovered that the area had been fenced off and turned into some kind of medieval theme park.  Disappointed we just found a picnic table and had our breakfast before setting off towards Le Mans.