It was cold this morning, although the rain had stopped! We were glad for the heating in the van - the bathroom can get too hot if you aren't careful, but that's not bad when you're showering with as little water as possible.
The Swan Whisperer went for a walk before breakfast, and then we set off. We had heard that the queues going into France could be horrendous on the major roads, and wondered whether they might not have blocked off some of the more minor crossings, so decided to compromise and take a main-road crossing. This meant driving through Belgium, and the Satnav took us mostly on country roads, which was lovely - we love French country roads, but don't often go on Belgian ones. We stopped briefly in Ieper (Ypres) to see if we could see a bakery, but couldn't, so we moved on an d eventually had rather a late lunch in a services on the A25 in France.
We were not held up at the border - some cars were being pulled over, but we were just waved through. And, as I said, we stopped at the next services for lunch, and then drove over to Dunkerque where we got lost! For some reason Google Maps insisted that the Auchan hypermarket was not where it in fact is, and it wasn't until we asked it for their petrol that it found the right place! The Satnav never knows one supermarket from another, so it wasn't being much help, either. Anyway, we got there in the end and did our shopping, and then got petrol, but what that Auchan doesn't sell is gas, and we needed to replace our "Cube" of Butagaz. So we drove down to the one at Calais, which not only does sell it, but we could empty our grey water there, too, which was useful.
And so to Eurotunnel, straight through, and a two-hour run home. And now we have emptied it, and it will be taken home and put back into storage until the next time!
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