However. The day started well with a run (for the Swan Whisperer) and a walk (for me) around the lakes where we had parked up.
But after that it all went a bit pear-shaped. First of all our friend messaged us to cancel, although we have arranged to have coffee with her tomorrow, so that will be all right. But I haven't cooked for anybody for so long....
Then we had trouble finding a supermarket where we could actually take the van - they all seemed to have !height barriers. Eventually we found a Lidl and two cars were just leaving as we arrived, so that was all right except I didn't work out how to use my Lidl Plus card in French until too late! Plus their coupons are a bit pants this week!
Then we headed on towards somewhere the Swan Whisperer wanted to visit and on the way found an E Leclerc which had open parking and also a petrol station - we wanted diesel, and I could have done my shopping there! Ah well, Lidl in France is a bit different to the English version (although very similar in many ways), and there will be other days.
I don't know what the Swan Whisperer was thinking when he chose this particular aire to stop for a cup of tea, but it was nothing special (although it did have working services which we used) and meant we ended up driving through Angers in the rush hour. But we got here at the same time as another English couple, and shared a wine tasting, which was very good, but we were in urgent need of blotting-paper by the time it was over. We bought some nice wine 2 of white, 2 plain rosé and two sparkling rosé.
It was too late to cook the chicken casserole I had planned, so we had an omelette with onion, tomato, mushroom and cheese, and very good it was, too. And they are also a greengrocer, and had a lovely display of autumn squash!
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