Wednesday 9^th  July Update.

Sunday we left Gavin and headed over the Pyrenees and into France.the sat nav was playing up again and acting like an Egyptian shopkeeper, “Lower, lower” I kept telling it until I bartered it down to a point where I had got it to knock 70 miles off the journey.

We found a decent enough site at a little town east of Tarbes, called Mane. When we arrived it was quite hot and we were looking forward to using the pool, unfortunately an hour or two after arriving we had a thunderstorm and it went quite cool. It rained for most of the night so the next day we set off early.  We decided not to go to a site but because of the bad weather to just stop on an Aire in a village. I found a right cracker in a town called Objat, just north of Brive. This had a toilet, shower room and 16 amps of electricity. Cost was 5 euros and you paid with credit card at the entrance. All pitches were hardstanding and overlooking a river and park. A great location and not far from a municipal swimming pool if you needed it

Tuesday we drove to a site north of Limoges on the edge of the lake at Saint Pardoux. Camping Freadour is a good site but unfortunately the weather was mixed again, one minute hot sun the next pouring rain. We decided to cycle around the lake. The cycle route signs were poor and we ended up quite a few narrow tracks. At one point it bucketed down and we had to shelter under trees for about 20 minutes. We also passed a good camping aire next to a tourist office that had toilets and looked free. Eventually we completed the 10 mile route and returned to the campsite. Later that evening we watched the amazing Brazil v Germany game.

Wednesday we travelled 128 miles up to Camping La Grande Sologne at Nouan Le Fuzelier, south of Orleans. This turned out to be a busy, overpriced site (25 euros). The weather was more rain than sun but we managed to get a swim in at the free Municipal pool next door. We also noticed a Camping Aire right outside the site, that was free and with access to toilets. Maybe next time.

We passed over the border into the French Pyrenees, this was a shot of the valley we drove down.

The excellent Aire at Objat.

The lake at St Pardoux, north of Limoges. There were lots of beaches along the shoreline. Worth stopping at but a shame about the weather.