Malibu Molly

At the start of the France and Spain vacation I reset Trip B to zero. I reset Trip A each time I fill the diesel tank. So this morning before driving anywhere I took a photo and then reset Trip B to zero again. A door to door total of 2212.8 miles. It may well have been higher had we come back on the originally planned route.

October 22nd Today was Reggie's trip to the vet for his worming pill and passport signed up. But first we had to get away from Veuzain sur Loire to head up towards Chartres and then Rouen. The choice was to go to Blois and then north or diagonally north-west to Vendôme and onto the N10. TomTom chose the Vendôme route. It was a little frustrating again as this section of the N10 chops and changes from single lane 80kph to the 90kph two lane "overtaking" sections that are so short it's still hard to overtake anything. Still, we arrived in Buchy for the 4pm vet appointment at just after 2pm.  We parked in the Carrefour Market. It's not far to the vets from there. We did a little shopping and then had lunch before a rest up. Then go the vets. Fifteen minutes and €36.80 later we were back at the van.  We decided to go to the Camping-Car Park aire at Incheville for the night. I had toyed with going straight to Calais Camping-Car Park but Google Maps showed it was around...

October 21st Today's trip was Oradour-sur-Glane to Veuzain sur Loire. It is only around 125 miles between the two. Incredibly on mostly one road, although each department changed the first number! It's either the D675 or the D975..... It is about halfway between our start point in Oradour and the vet in Buchy.  Reggie is booked in again at a vet we have used in the past a few times for his worming pill and passport stamped.  Our first stop at Bellac where is seems all the supermarkets are around one roundabout! We chose Carrefour over Intermarché as the fuel station was cheapest.  Our tank was showing we only had around 120 miles range left of our last Spanish diesel.  Here diesel was €1.495, the cheapest we have seen so far since crossing the border. That equates to around £1.309 according the Halifax Clarity. Cheaper than at home!!! We did a little shopping. Fresh bread. It's hard to beat proper French 🥖 bread.  Lunch was had up the road around 1pm. We hadn't seen ma...

With the plan to to Donzenac aborted yesterday and us ending up on the CCP site at Saint-Léon sur Vézere, it meant that we needed to rethink today and the rest of the week's journey and overnighting spots. We set off around 1020 today. We were originally heading up the A20/N20 to another CCP site at Thénioux near Orleans. What should have been a simple run eastward to Brive became another C roads funathon.  Once we finally got onto the A20 after a little of the A89 we discussed options. By the time we stopped at the Area Porte de Corrèze services we had decided to abort Thénioux and get somewhere not as far away. Checking the road map and CCP app we hit on the aire at Oradour sur Glane. It's a popular aire as it's not too far from the "village martyr". We went there some years ago. It's a very sobering experience. Oradour-sur-Glane Memory Center | Limousin – New Horizons https://share.google/Ny8nRf3gYi1c5HH6I By the time we had setup it started to rain. The vi...

October 16th/17th Two full days left in Alcossebre before we have to pack the van, clean the apartment and set off homeward. So we did very little but enjoy the fact that Storm Alice had finally blown itself out, without causing too much damage in this area. Further north in Catalunya there was loads of flooding. To the south in Murcia there were reports of electricity failures and no drinking water. Thursday evening we took a walk into the town along the beach promenade and the wooden boardwalk. We popped into Ale Hop and Claire bought a few things.  😀 We thought about having dinner out but in the end the restaurants looked a little full for the three of us. Friday was again local to the apartment. We even loaded most non essentials into the van.  We were lucky we could park pretty much in the same place each time we had just been out. Right by the entrance to the complex. October 18th We were up early. Checkout time is 10am and we were ready long before they opene...

Edited from 4 segments from the Road Angel Halo Ignite.