Up early (something of a habit, I’m afraid), and onto a shower with cold water. We learned later that the block called “Sanitary” has hot showers in. Live and learn.

We walked up the road and round the corner to a small boulangerie, and bought some lovely-looking bread, and a sweet, sticky cake for breakfast. It was almost too nice, walking back to the campsite. We met with a local who stopped, eyes wide open, and rubbed his stomach, going “mmmmmmm”. We laughed, and moved on.

We drive out of the campsite, up the road for 5 minutes, and we were in the supermarket (Carrefour) car park. A strange man in a suit came up to us, and I wondered if it was someone trying to collect money for staying overnight (which we hadn’t). It then seemed he was a bit strange, and wanted to get into our van because it was a bit chilly. We said no thanks, locked our doors, and ignored him. He wandered off somewhere else.

To be on the safe side, I moved the van to be nearer to the shop, since we were parked on a different car park.

After our shop, we drove, and we drove, and we drove, pausing for a brief lunch before driving some more.

We got to the tunnel terminal some 5 hours before our booked departure, but the nice lady at checking offered us a space on the next shuttle for €100 extra, or the one after that – for €0 extra. We chose the latter!

We arrived home much earlier than we expected as a result, and were able to put the van to bed in the back garden in the light, which was much safer.

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