Malibu Molly

I was reading a motorhome magazine today and it has a largish section on touring and trips that people, not necessarily professional journalists, have taken. One was in the Centre area of France, and Bourges in particular.  I think we have driven or even ridden this route once, but it was long ago. So long ago I can't remember when! Anyway.  The write-up and review of the Camping de Bourges site was good and so as it's only a few € more than the Camping-Car Park I was looking at for the same overnight, it seemed like a good change of plans.  Until I looked on the website I didn't realise it was another chain of campsites.  Previously we have stayed on other campsites that are part of a chain; Sandaya and Flower Camping. So I booked it through ACSI . All in with local taxes it's €21 for a pitch with leccy and of course loos/showers. On the way south from here we should pass through a village that is the centre of France, geographically that is.  

It might be a bit early to be planning the return for a holiday that we haven't started yet and that's a month away! But one needs to have a look at the maps and suss out places to stop that aren't too far apart, or requite driving all day and also that mean you see little or nothing of the countryside. That's why I try and avoid motorways where possible, and toll motorways in particular. Okay, you can speed along and cover long distances.  For a lot of the time you only get to see  the road stretching away in front of you and often just a bank of grass where they have tried to hide the road from view! The rough route that I have planned from Kione Playa in Alcossebre to Calais Ferry Port takes in a route we haven't done before.  Well, some of it we have but not for many years. At the moment I have planned stops at Camping-Car Park aires, although once the route is cut down to each day (from an overall route) then we can refine, and I like the idea of the France Pa...

One of the problems with downsizing the van has been the downsizing off the fridge freezer. So after much looking at alternatives and reading reviews we opted for this portable fridge freezer. It arrived today. I was hoping to get it working this afternoon after 2pm when we get an hour of free electricity to charge as much as we can! But. Like a fridges it has to stand for a few hours for the gas inside to settle. In this case 6 hours!! It seems idiot proof to operate. It comes with a 240v UK plug and a 12v DC cable. It's main use will be when travelling on holiday and on longer journeys where the van fridge isn't big enough.... like when we go to France. The instruction booklet and I have read it, is oddly in °F rather than our usual °C in UK. Luckily the unit itself should be in °C.... we can't tell till we power it on in 5 hours from now!!!