Avez-vous une cuppa!

I suppose the title makes us sound like a couple of tea drinking chimpanzees, which is not far from the truth in some respects.  My French language skills are similar to that of a chimpanzee although I think Janice is rather better.  We have actually listened to early parts of a language CD and have been reciting our version of French phrases but not much is sinking in.  I have told some people before about my French prowess at school.  In the third year my French report said '15% - This subject is a mystery to him'.

This morning we had an early, bright and crisp start at 6.30am to try and avoid any congestion on the M25.  Our ferry from Dover was scheduled at midday and we had to be at least an hour early.  

This was the Dartford Crossing of the Thames.  I had been prepared enough to pay my 'toll' online before we set off.  Cameras check your registration number and if you don't pay in advance you have to pay online by midnight the next day otherwise you are issued with a fine!!

We arrived at the ferry early enough to be put on the 10.15am ship so that was really good.  The crossing was quiet and quite quick (that's a lot of 'q' words).  At Calais we saw the migrant camp and it looked grotty to say the least.

We drove down to Abbeville in the Somme region.  We had a coffee in the van and had a little walk around the town including the church and market.

We used our new fangled sat nav to direct us to an 'aire de camping' park at a town called Montville north of Rouen.  Whilst travelling I committed the cardinal sin of driving in Europe.  I came off a motorway and turned left onto a quiet road and I stayed on the left side!!!  Then as a car came in the opposite direction I realised and quickly got onto the right side but it gave us both a shock. Whoops!

Montville is a nice small town with good facilities.  The car park is fantastic for motorhomes.  It has a place for fresh and waste water and toilet waste etc and we parked next to the football pitches and swimming pool.  To my relief I managed to get the fridge working on gas and also the vans central heating system....all ticketty boo!

Only a training session tonight!

We had a little walk and someone said 'Bonjour', I replied 'Bonjour', I'm sure they were convinced that I was really French by the quality of my accent and vocabulary!  If I wear clothes bought at Decathlon, the French sports supermarket, I'm sure everyone will think I am a native.

Just to finish here is today's quote:-  "there are four questions you should ask yoursef to lead you to success. Why?  Why now?  Why me?  Why not, me, now?"  I'm sure you could go a long way with this advice.