Thursday August 14, 2014

It had rained in the night, but it was a windy morning, so for the first time in a long time the tent was put away completely dry.

A lovely ride to Bretignolles sur mer.  We cycled through St. Urbain and Perrier before joining the Velodysee route in Perrier.  Ralf loves the signs on the velo routes.  So easy to follow.

The route took us along the Atlantic coast for the first time.  There are some big seaside towns that are very busy and a little chaotic to get through.

This coastline was France’s version of the Great Ocean Road, Australia has nothing to worry about.

Bretignolles is quite a large seaside Town.

When we arrived we headed straight for the tourist office, she gave us the names of 3 private campsites.  We headed to the cheapest of the 3 (€28.00) That is €28.00 with no electricity and you had to provide your own toilet paper.  The showers were only open from 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm and then again in the morning from 7:30am to 1:30pm. It was a clean campsite, but really no loo roll!!

We settled in to our site and an older gentleman came over and asked if there was anything we needed, as he knew we couldn’t carry very much on our bikes. A very nice man, we should have asked him for a roll of toilet paper!

We didn’t pay for power tonight, so the garmins were powered from the computer.

The most important thing for me to do today was getting laundry done.  €10.00 for washing and drying in the Town!

Ralf couldn’t find anything in Town, no bank, no grocery store, no restaurant.  Everything was closed between 12:30 and 2:30.  He was not a happy camper.  Ralf got quite a face on him today, objecting to the price of the campsite and not getting good value for his money. It all boils down to a picnic table for him.  If we could carry something to sit on he would be much happier, but we really are at our weight limits.

Today was our 29^th wedding anniversary, so we broke the budget and went out for a lovely meal, we also treated ourselves to a small bottle rum for a night cap.  Ralf had foie gras for his appetizer and duck breast for his main, a lovely cheesecake for dessert.