Got up full of ambition and enthusiasm at 6.30, even before the Louise alarm clock went off. Marshalled the kids, packed and left in the rain with soggy tent at 8.15. We were delayed because Madame le camping had lost our papers and didn't know what to charge us. Sorted that out and belted south, well 50 mph is belting with the load we had on board.
The weather improved and we got to a village outside Clermond Ferand at 12 noon and bought a very tasty potato, cheese and cream pie, pate and egg custard, (oeufs-au-lait to be precise). Shifted that very quickly and left for Clermond at 1pm, Reached our campsite at a place called St Nectaire at about 3pm - just as the weather was changing for the worst again. By the time we had (by now expertly) erected the tent and got the washing out it was raining again - oh no!
By 9pm we were fed up as there had been no let up in the unrelenting rain - it was more of an endurance test than a holdiday. Everything was damp and the tent started to let in water because it had been rolled up wet all day. The girls were very good, maybe they were resigned to a holiday spent in damp clothes, cranky old car and wet tent, I told them it was the norm. Jo went to sleep very early but Louise was still awake and talking to herself quite late: not making any sense but that's deffo the norm.
St Nectaire was a spa and local interest spot - shame it poured and obscured the view, would have been interesting to see the mountains and to have taken the kids out. Most things were packed up ready for the last push south, determined to get to the sea the next day.
Expenses Francs
Campsite fees, Orleans 18.00
Petrol, oil and water 70.00
Campsite St Nectaire 11.00
lunch charcuterie 26.00
dinner Boucherie 11.00
ice creams 2.00
Plums and onions 3.00
milk and beer 3.00
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