Beautiful day! got up early, packed up and away by 10 am from Chartres. Would have been earlier but we took all the wrong turnings possible. Didn't even get to see the Cathedral, so will do that on the way back. We were on our way to Orleans and then to Nevers, which is heading SOUTH (a great step forward to us seeing as we hadn't got off the the first page of the map at this stage). But the road to Orleans is long with a broken exhaust pipe dangling down ...
We drove around the city looking for and eventually finding a British Leyland dealer, but he didn't stock estate car exhaust systems. However after a long discussion which didn't get us very far, but thank goodness for David's school french, he's agreed to adapt a saloon exhaust - but not until tomorrow. It's very frustrating, we were making quite good time and Joanna's stopped crying.
We found a campsite on the banks of a river, it's a fairly primitive site but it'll do for tonight and then have to take the car in at 8pm. Went to a hypermarket in the afternoon, always a highlight of French holidays for me - bought steak, courgettes and lovely stuff for dinner.
Later I took the car to the garage and thought I was asking when I could pick it up tomorrow, but when I reported what I'd said to David he said I'd asked the man what time it was ...
Expenses Francs
Provisions 37.50
fruit 5.15
Icecreams 6.00
Provisions 37.50
fruit 5.15
Icecreams 6.00
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